The accountability of armed groups under human rights law / Katharine Fortin.

Publisher's description: This book addresses the debate on this topic by employing a theoretical, historical, and comparative analysis that spans international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and international human rights law. Embedding these different perspectives in public inte...

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Main Author: Fortin, Katharine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Andrew Clapham
  • Added value of application of international human rights law to armed groups
  • Evaluative framework : legal personality under international law
  • The law on belligerency and insurgency, and international legal personality
  • International humanitarian law and international legal personality
  • International legal personality of armed groups under human rights law
  • How are armed groups bound by international humanitarian law?
  • Armed groups and treaty law
  • Control of territory and human rights obligations of armed groups
  • Armed groups and crimes against humanity
  • Armed groups and customary international human rights law.