Humanity and Human Rights: The Contours of International Law
Laws regulate conducts by responding to social and political requirements. This holds true for the law of nations as well. Contemporary international law follows two separate tracks when it comes to regulating human rights and humanitarian questions. If international human rights law and internation...
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| description | Laws regulate conducts by responding to social and political requirements. This holds true for the law of nations as well. Contemporary international law follows two separate tracks when it comes to regulating human rights and humanitarian questions. If international human rights law and international humanitarian law are intended to protect the dignity and worth of human beings, as it is often said, why follow separate tracks? Does humanity really exist? If it does, how does it relate to human rights? If the two are distinct, where do they converge? This article highlights these questions by revisiting the contours of international law. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f22098a03af4cf7adafdc935013d70c2024-02-02T11:21:06ZengThe University of AkureyriNordicum-Mediterraneum1670-62421670-62422017-08-01122A3Humanity and Human Rights: The Contours of International LawEyassu GayimLaws regulate conducts by responding to social and political requirements. This holds true for the law of nations as well. Contemporary international law follows two separate tracks when it comes to regulating human rights and humanitarian questions. If international human rights law and international humanitarian law are intended to protect the dignity and worth of human beings, as it is often said, why follow separate tracks? Does humanity really exist? If it does, how does it relate to human rights? If the two are distinct, where do they converge? This article highlights these questions by revisiting the contours of international law.https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-12-no-2-2017/conference-procceding/humanity-human-rights-contours-international-law/human rightshumanityinternational human rights lawinternational humanitarian law |
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| title | Humanity and Human Rights: The Contours of International Law |
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| title_short | Humanity and Human Rights: The Contours of International Law |
| title_sort | humanity and human rights the contours of international law |
| topic | human rights humanity international human rights law international humanitarian law |
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