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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................. 1
I. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN LAW IN ARMED CONFLICT:
LEGAL SOURCES, PRINCIPLES AND ACTORS..............................
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A. Sources of international human rights law and international
humanitarian law............................................................ 7
B. Principles of international human rights law and
international humanitarian law.......................................... 14
C. Duty bearers in international human rights law and
international humanitarian law......................................... 21
II. REQUIREMENTS, LIMITATIONS AND EFFECTS OF THE CONCURRENT
APPLICABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN ARMED CONFLICT..... 32
A. Armed conflict as the trigger............................................ 33
B.
Territory and applicability of international human rights law
and international humanitarian law................................... 42
C. Limitations on the application of international human rights
law and international humanitarian law protections............ 46
D. Concurrent application and the principle of lex specialis ..... 54
III. ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS...................... 70
A. State responsibility for violations of international human
rights law and international humanitarian law.................... 72
B. Individual responsibility for violations of international
human rights law and international humanitarian law.......... 74
C. Victims’ rights with respect to international crimes............... 87
D. Other forms of justice...................................................... 90