International humanitarian law and human rights law towards a new merger in international law

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamental standards of humanity : a common language of international humanitarian law and human rights law / Marco Odello -- End justifies the means? : post 9/11 contempt for humane treatment / Agnieszka Jachec-Neale -- Legal conclusion or interpretative process? : lex specialis and the applicability of international human rights standards / Conor McCarthy -- Legal reasoning and the applicability of international human rights standards during military occupation / Conor McCarthy -- Triggering state obligations extraterritorially : the spatial test in certain human rights treaties / Ralph Wilde -- DRC v. Uganda : the applicability of international humanitarian law and human rights law in occupied territories / Tom Ruys and Sten Verhoeven -- Individuals as subjects of international humanitarian law and human rights law / Cátia Lopes and Noëlle Quénivet -- Concurrent application of international humanitarian law and human rights law : a victim perspective / Jean-Marie Henckaerts -- The implementation of international humanitarian law by human rights courts : the example of the inter-American human rights system / Emiliano J. Buis -- "Collateral damages" of military operations : is implementation of international humanitarian law possible using international human rights law tools? / Giovanni Carlo Bruno -- The role of the UN Security Council in implementing international humanitarian law and human rights law / Gregor Schotten and Anke Biehler.

The right to life in international humanitarian law and human rights law / Noëlle Quénivet -- Protection of women in international humanitarian law and human rights law / Anke Biehler -- Protection of children in international humanitarian law and human rights law / Vesselin Popovski -- Unaccompanied minors and the right to family reunification in international humanitarian law and human rights law : the Iraqi experience / Kyriaki Topidi -- Crossing legal borders : the interface between refugee law, human rights law and humanitarian law in the "international protection" of refugees / Alice Edwards -- Fair trial guarantees in occupied territory : the interplay between international humanitarian law and human rights law / Yutaka Arai-Takahashi -- Terrorism in international humanitarian law and human rights law / Roberta Arnold -- Judging justice : laws of war, human rights, and the Military Commissions Act of 2006 / Christian M. De Vos -- Targeted killings and international law : law enforcement, self-defense, and armed conflict / Michael N. Schmitt -- Implementing the concept of protection of civilians in the light of international humanitarian law and human rights law : the case of MONUC / Katarina Månsson.