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The Grey Zone - Civilian Protection Between Human Rights and the Laws of War (Hardcover)
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The Grey Zone - Civilian Protection Between Human Rights and the Laws of War (Hardcover)
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The high civilian death toll in modern, protracted conflicts such
as those in Syria or Iraq indicate the limits of international law
in offering protections to civilians at risk. A recent conference
of states convened by the International Committee of the Red Cross
referred to 'an institutional vacuum in the area of international
humanitarian law implementation'. Yet both international
humanitarian law and the law of human rights establish a series of
rights intended to protect civilians. But which law or laws apply
in a particular situation, and what are the obstacles to their
implementation? How can the law offer greater protections to
civilians caught up in new methods of warfare, such as drone
strikes, or targeted by new forms of military organisation, such as
transnational armed groups? Can the implementation gap be filled by
the growing use of human rights courts to remedy violations of the
laws of armed conflict, or are new instruments or mechanisms of
civilian legal protection needed? This volume brings together
contributions from leading academic authorities and legal
practitioners on the situation of civilians in the grey zone
between human rights and the laws of war. The chapters in Part 1
address key contested or boundary issues in defining the rights of
civilians or non-combatants in today's conflicts. Those in Part 2
examine remedies and current mechanisms for redress both at the
international and national level, and those in Part 3 assess
prospects for the development of new mechanisms for addressing
violations. As military intervention to protect civilians remains
contested, this volume looks at the potential for developing
alternative approaches to the protection of civilians and their
rights.
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