Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies Volume 1 Issue 2

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Editorial

2010 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/187815211X569150

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Wasted Lives: Internally Displaced Persons Living in Camps in Kenya

Abuya, Edwin Odhiambo; Ikobe, Charles

2010 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/187815211X555335

AbstractThis article evaluates the protection that the Government of Kenya off ered to those who fled to camps in the wake of the post-election violence that gripped the country in 2007. It focuses on basic needs, social economic entitlements and the...

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Legal Remedies for Human Rights Violations in the Armed Conflict in Chechnya: The Approach of the European Court of Human Rights in Context

Koroteev, Kirill

2010 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/187815210X12766020139848

AbstractThe article discusses the efficacy of the remedies offered to successful applicants by the European Court of Human Rights in the cases coming from the armed conflict in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation. It submits, firstly, that...

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Human Rights, Positive Obligations, and Armed Conflict: Implementing the Right to Education in Occupied Territories

Horowitz, Jonathan

2010 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/187815211X555353

AbstractIn three cases, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has held that States must apply their human rights treaty obligations extraterritorially during times of occupation. International human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL),...

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The Interplay Between International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law

Fernández-Sánchez, Pablo Antonio

2010 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/187815211X560988

AbstractInternational humanitarian law (IHL) is not the sole body of international law that applies in armed conflicts. Among the different legal bodies that may be subject to the simultaneous application during armed conflicts is refugee law. The...

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Reclaiming Protection as a Humanitarian Goal: Fodder for the Faint-Hearted Aid-Worker

Mackintosh, Kate

2010 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/187815211X555362

AbstractHumanitarian action is under pressure on two fronts. On one side, western nations seek to use aid as a foreign policy tool, threatening the neutral image of humanitarian actors and placing them under suspicion. On the other, and in partial...

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Legal Standards for the Protection from Refoulement

Cullen, Anthony

2010 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/187815210X12766020139640

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The Reach of Human Rights in a Globalising World: Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties

Costa, Karen

2010 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/187815211X555344