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Legacy of 9/11: Continuing the Humanization of Humanitarian Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2012

Vijay M. Padmanabhan
Vijay M. Padmanabhan
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, USA e-mail: vijay.padmanabhan@Law.Vanderbilt.Edu
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Extract

In 2000 Theodor Meron published his landmark essay entitled The Humanization of Humanitarian Law. Meron demonstrated that there is a gradual convergence in protections between human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) developing, which is fueled by a common commitment to human dignity. He explained that the shifting nature of conflicts away from traditional international armed conflict to non-international armed conflict “necessitated both new norms and reinterpretation of existing norms”. “Calamitous events and atrocities” during these contemporary conflicts pushes new IHL rules towards human rights principles, he explained.

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Forum: Reflections on 9/11 and IHL
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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law , Volume 14 , December 2011 , pp. 419 - 430
Copyright
Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Authors 2011

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