serious violations of human rrights in gaza (2008-9) under international humanitarian law

Combating Illegal Organ Transplantation Under International Human Rights Law

Despite the fact that the concepts of organ transplantation and organ trafficking seem two completely distinct categories at first glance, sometimes they overlap with each other. This is especially in cases in which organ transplantation occurs from one country to another and for a financial exchange. There are two general indicators for determining the distinction between organ transplantation...

Gross human rights violations and reparation under international law: approaching rehabilitation as a form of reparation

The strengthening of international criminal law through an increased focus on the right to reparation and rehabilitation for victims of crimes against humanity represents an important challenge to health professionals, particularly to those in the field of trauma research and treatment. A brief outline of some developments in the field of international law and justice for victims of gross human...

humanitarian intervention and international law

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First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Law, RELAW 2008, Barcelona, Spain, September 9, 2008

Requirements engineering is the practice of identifying and specifying system requirements to achieve a specific purpose. Government laws and regulations are written to achieve societal goals, and thus have a direct impact on system requirements and designs. Engineers and regulators need methods and tools to focus the discussion of legal compliance in terms of observable criteria to ensure that...

Sacrificial Violence and Targeting in International Humanitarian Law

Humans, Agents and International Humanitarian Law: Dilemmas in Target Discrimination

The severity of the (potential) consequences of the use of agents in the military domain imperatively necessitates research on the application of the law of armed conflict, which provides ‘constraints’ on ‘human’ warfare. In this paper, one of the main principles of that law, target discrimination, is used to highlight legal and ethical dilemmas involving the use of autonomous agents. The incid...