Application of the European Convention on Human Rights to Military - Operation

An analysis of how the European Convention on Human Rights applies to military operations.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Jurisdiction over domestic military operations; 2. Jurisdiction over extra-territorial military operations; 3. Article 2: substantive obligations; 4. Article 2: procedural obligations; 5. Norm conflict; 6. Article 7; 7. Derogation; Conclusion.

About the author

Stuart Wallace is Director of Studies and Lecturer in Law at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, where he teaches human rights law. He holds an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law from the Irish Centre for Human Rights and a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham. He has previously worked at the European Court of Human Rights, the International Criminal Court and the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham.

Summary

Analyses the politically charged issue of how the European Convention on Human Rights applies to military operations including recent conflicts in Russia, Iraq and Ukraine. This book will appeal to students, lawyers, civil society and officials throughout Europe working on human rights, public international law and law of armed conflict.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Wallace, Stuart (University of Cambridge) Wallace, Wallace Stuart
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781108475181
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47518-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / International, International humanitarian law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Armed Conflict