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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICT
urged “all parties to armed conflicts to comply with their obligations under
international humanitarian law, in particular to ensure respect for and
protection of the civilian population, and also urges all States to comply
with their human rights obligations in this context”.155 This resolution may
be seen as the cornerstone of the Human Rights Council’s work on the
protection of human rights in conflict situations.
The Human Rights Council has followed the same approach. It also
reiterated “that effective measures to guarantee and monitor the
implementation of human rights should be taken in respect of civilian
populations in situations of armed conflict, including people under foreign
occupation and that effective protection against violations of their human
rights should be provided, in accordance with international human rights
law and applicable international humanitarian law”.156
Finally, since 1989 the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination
and Protection of Minorities, as it was then known, has also insisted on
the need to respect obligations of both international human rights law
and international humanitarian law in armed conflict. In its resolution
1989/24, it deplored the frequent lack of respect during armed conflicts
of relevant provisions in international humanitarian law and the law of
human rights. Furthermore, in 2005 it issued a working paper on the
relationship between human rights law and international humanitarian
law, particularly from the perspective of their dual or simultaneous
application in the light of the case law of human rights treaty bodies and
special procedures.157
E. THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
The field-based activities of OHCHR illustrate how it addresses obligations
of both international human rights law and international humanitarian law
Resolution 2005/63.
Resolution 9/9.
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E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/14.
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