The Convergence of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law in the Jurisprudence of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights
International Human Rights Law (IHRL) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) are complementary branches of Public International Law aimed at protecting individuals. While IHL primarily applies during international or non-international armed conflicts to limit their effects, IHRL obliges states at...
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Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/rcd/article/view/8230 |
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| Sumario: | International Human Rights Law (IHRL) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) are complementary branches of Public International Law aimed at protecting individuals. While IHL primarily applies during international or non-international armed conflicts to limit their effects, IHRL obliges states at all times. This results in the convergence and interaction of both legal frameworks during the duration of a conflict. Although the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) does not have material jurisdiction to declare violations of the Geneva Conventions or their Optional Protocols, which embody the main norms of IHL, the Court has referred to them in various rulings. This paper aims to analyze why, how, and on what legal grounds the IACHR has used IHL provisions to determine the scope of the obligations of states party to the American Convention on Human Rights with respect to their inhabitants in such contexts. To this end, the paper examines the Court’s rulings and relevant scholarly doctrine on the subject |
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