Lesson 11: Human Rights During Armed Conflict I: Jus Ad Bellum and the Responsibility to Protect


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In Lesson 11 you will review four types of international law that seek to protect human rights in times of war: jus ad bellum, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and international criminal law, and compare and contrast what each system of law actually governs and who it specifically protects. The lesson explores the dynamic between human rights and armed conflict and focuses on the concept of jus ad bellum, or “right to war”, the system of law that governs whether or not a war is “just.” The lesson closes with an important discussion on the responsibility to protect, a concept that would place a duty on states to intervene in situations of humanitarian crises.

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