The Right to Life.

The right to life stands at the heart of human rights protection. Individuals cannot enjoy any of the rights guaranteed to them unless their physical existence is ensured. All human rights instrument list the right to life as the first one of their safeguards. Nonetheless, in many situations human l...

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Main Author: Tomuschat, C.
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Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2010
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505 0 |a The right to life : legal and political foundations / Christian Tomuschat -- 'Death is different' : the death penalty and the right to a fair trial / Walter Kälin -- Le recours à la force par la police / Paul Tavernier -- The duty to investigate the death of persons arrested and/or detained by public authorities / Vera Rusinova -- The bundesverfassungsgericht on the German Aerial Security Law : a sonderweg from the perspective of international law? / Georg Nolte -- Le crime de génocide dans la jurisprudence internationale : débats et hypothèses / Rafaëlle Maison -- The right to life and the relationship between human rights and humanitarian law / Vera Gowlland-Debbas -- The ICRC's clarification process on the notion of direct participation in hostilities under international humanitarian law / Nils Melzer -- Collateral damages : military necessity and the right to life / Stefan Oeter -- The status of captured fighters in non-international armed conflict / Michael Bothe -- Les " combattants irréguliers " en situation d'occupation militaire / Philippe Weckel -- Targeted killings : a challenge for international law? / Stefanie Schmahl -- Assassinats ciblés et droit à la vie dans la jurisprudence de la Cour suprême israélienne / Hélène Tigroudja -- Le tyrannicide en droit international / Jean d'Aspremont -- Le droit à la vie et le droit à une alimentation suffisante / Emmanuel Decaux -- The right to life and the right to health, in particular the obligation to reduce child mortality / Eibe Riedel -- 'Réfugiés écologiques' et droit international / Astrid Epiney -- Conclusions générales : " le droit à la vie en tant que jus cogens donnant naissance à des obligations erga omnes? " / Pierre d'Argent. 
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