Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Edited by Robert Kolb, Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, Gloria Gaggioli, Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and Associate/SNF Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva and Pavle Kilibarda, Research and Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland

• Contents:Introduction to the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 1Robert Kolb, Gloria Gaggioli and Pavle KilibardaPART I CONVERGING AND DIVERGING PERSPECTIVESSECTION A ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES1 Co-application and harmonization of IHL and IHRL: are rumours aboutthe death of lex specialis premature? 9Yuval Shany2 Are IHL and HRL still two distinct branches of public international law? 29Vaios Koutroulis3 Treaty interpretation: international humanitarian law and internationalhuman rights law 57Eirik Bjorge4 The principles of military necessity and humanity in light ofinternational human rights law 76Marco PedrazziSECTION B MILITARY PERSPECTIVES5 UN peace operations, international humanitarian law and internationalhuman rights law 91Marten Zwanenburg6 Private military and security companies under internationalhumanitarian law and human rights law 111Marie-Louise Tougas7 Naval warfare: a role for international human rights law? 131Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg8 NATO, self-defence and its interplay with international humanitarianlaw and human rights law 144Camilla Guldahl CooperSECTION C JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES9 The International Court of Justice, international humanitarian law andhuman rights law 168Pavle Kilibarda and Robert Kolb10 Human rights bodies: a comparative approach 188Walter Kälin and Jörg Künzli11 International criminal courts and tribunals 209Yasmin NaqviSECTION D HUMANITARIAN PERSPECTIVES12 Developing and clarifying international humanitarian law: the role andlegacy of the ICRC 240Knut Dörmann and Andrea Raab13 International human rights law and non-State armed groups: The (de)construction of an international legal discourse 265Ezequiel HeffesPART II CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: CAPITA SELECTASECTION E OLD TOPICS, NEW CONCERNS14 The use of less-lethal weapons for law enforcement during armed conflict 290Stuart Casey-Maslen, Christof Heyn and Thomas Probert15 What role for IHL and HRL in the fight against terrorist networks? 309Gloria Gaggioli and Ilya Sobol16 Investigations in armed conflict 340Claire Simmons17 Taking the next steps on sexual and gender-based violence ininternational humanitarian law: embracing complementarity andmainstreaming gender 362Helen Durham and Vanessa MurphySECTION F FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS18 Partnering in detention and detainee transfer operations 387Tilman Rodenhäuser19 Non-discrimination under international humanitarian law and human rights law 411George Dvaladze20 Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmentin international law: towards a generic definition? 436Pavle Kilibarda21 The rights to privacy and data protection under internationalhumanitarian law and human rights law 463Asaf LubinList of treaties 493List of cases 496Index

‘An essential Research Handbook examining some of the most relevant contemporary legal problems, assembling some of the leading figures in the field.’