International Human Right to Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Individual Duties to Disobey Manifestly Illegal Orders

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Takemura, Hitomi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Human rights.; International humanitarian law.; International criminal law.; Human Rights.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; International Criminal Law.; Political Science.; Philosophy of Law.

International human rights law grants individuals both rights and responsibilities. In this respect international criminal and international humanitarian law are no different. As members of the public international law family they are charged with the regulation, maintenance and protection of human...

Table of Contents:

• Right to Conscientious Objection in the United Nations Human Rights Law
• Right to Conscientious Objection in European Human Rights Law
• Inter-American Human Rights Law
• International Refugee Law and Conscientious Objection
• Defence of Superior Orders: Duties of Individuals to Disobey Manifestly Illegal Orders under International Law
• Impacts of Jus Ad Bellum and Jus In Bello on Rights and Duties of Individuals to Disobey Manifestly Illegal Orders
• Conclusion.