Concurrent application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law : victims in search of a forum / Jean-Marie Henckaerts
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Concurrent application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law : victims in search of a forum
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Jean-Marie Henckaerts
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In time of armed conflict, international human rights law and international humanitarian law apply concurrently. Whereas individual complaint mechanisms exist under human rights law, under humanitarian law such mechanisms do not exist. As a result, victims of violations committed in armed conflict increasingly seek redress under the mechanisms established in human rights law. This article examines the origins and legal parameters of this development.
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