Has human rights law become lex specialis for the European Court of Human Rights in right to life cases arising from internal armed conflicts?

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Has human rights law become lex specialis for the European Court of Human Rights in right to life cases arising from internal armed conflicts?

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It is generally accepted that although human rights law is applicable in situations of armed conflict, international humanitarian law is lex specialis. However, this may not necessarily be the case with regard to internal armed conflicts, and legal authorities provide contradictory views as to what extent human rights principles are applicable in internal armed conflicts. This article explores the relationship between human rights law and international humanitarian law and considers the juris...

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2010

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Chevalier-Watts, Juliet

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/4360

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lex specialis / European Court of Human Rights / armed conflict / international human rights / international humanitarian law

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