Arbitrary Withholding of Consent to Humanitarian Relief in Non-international Armed Conflict

Legal Regulations and Consequences

Vijitha Veerakatty (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

364 Seiten

2024
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
978-90-04-68933-6 (ISBN)

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The book provides a legal assessment of the situation when humanitarian actors in non-international armed conflicts are arbitrarily denied access to the affected civilian population.

How to legally assess the situation when humanitarian actors in non-international armed conflicts are arbitrarily denied access to the affected civilian population? The book answers this question from the perspective of the five main actors involved in humanitarian relief in non-international armed conflicts: the affected State, non-State armed groups, humanitarian actors, non-belligerent States and the affected civilian population. It examines the legal regulations and consequences for each of these actors. In doing so, the book not only draws attention to existing legal gaps and challenges, but also encourages readers to rethink outdated legal concepts and discuss new approaches.

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Vijitha Veerakatty, Dr.iur. (2021), University of Bern, is currently Deputy Head of the European Law and Schengen/Dublin Coordination Division at the Swiss Federal Office of Justice and Expert Consultant at Ximpulse Ltd. on international human rights protection, local governance, and peacebuilding.

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Current Situation

2 Conditions for Providing Humanitarian Relief

3 Can Consent to Relief Operations Be Withheld?

4 Aims of This Book

5 Structure of the Book

Part 1

International Humanitarian Relief in Non-international Armed Conflicts

1 Actors Involved in Relief Actions

1 Affected State

2 Non-state Armed Groups

3 Humanitarian Actors

4 Non-belligerent States

5 Civilians

2 Legal Framework

1 Overview

2 Relevant Laws and Principles

3 The Concept of Humanitarian Relief

1 Historical Perspective

2 Defining Humanitarian Relief

3 Implementation of International Humanitarian Relief

4 Dilemma: Principle of ‘Do No Harm’

4 Situation of Non-international Armed Conflicts

1 Definition

2 Distinction from Internal Tensions and Disturbances

3 Distinction from International Armed Conflict

Part 2

Rights and Duties of the Actors Involved in Relief Actions

5 Introduction

6 Rights and Duties of the Affected State

1 State’s Sovereignty as a Core Principle

2 Rights and Duties

7 Rights and Duties of Non-state Armed Groups

1 Bound to International Law

2 Rights and Duties

8 Rights and Duties of Humanitarian Actors

1 Adherence to Humanitarian Principles

2 Rights and Duties

9 Rights and Duties of Non-belligerent States

1 Cooperation with Humanitarian Actors

2 Rights and Duties

10 Rights and Duties of Civilians

1 Right on Respect and Protection

2 A Right to Receive Humanitarian Relief?

3 Duty Not to Take Part in Hostilities and Impede Relief Actions

Part 3

Arbitrary Withholding of Consent to Relief Operations

11 Characteristics of Withholding of Consent

1 Withholding and Withdrawing of Consent

2 Forms of Expression

12 Prohibition of Arbitrary Withholding of Consent

1 Legal Basis

2 Assessing Arbitrariness

13 Violation of Other International Obligations

1 Relevant Breaches of Law

2 Breaches of ihl Obligations

3 Breaches of ihrl Obligations

4 Breaches under International Criminal Law

Part 4

Legal Consequences of Arbitrary Withholding of Consent

14 Introduction

15 Accountability of the Affected State

1 State Responsibility

2 Responsibility for Violation of Human Rights Treaties

3 Individual Responsibility under Criminal Law

16 Accountability of Non-state Armed Groups

1 No Direct Responsibility of the Armed Group

2 Determination of Breaches within Monitoring Mechanisms

3 Individual Responsibility of the Members of the Armed Group

17 Remedies for Humanitarian Actors

1 Possibility of Providing Relief without Consent?

2 Bilateral Dialogues and Public Pronouncement

18 Remedies for Non-belligerent States

1 Obligation and Entitlement to Act

2 Non-judicial Mechanisms

3 Judicial Mechanisms

19 Remedies for Civilians

1 Human Rights Complaint Procedures

2 Claims Commissions

3 Rights as Victims before the icc

Part 5

Legal Gaps and Required Developments

20 Introduction

21 Currently Existing Gaps in the Law

1 Law Governing Humanitarian Relief

2 Legal Status of Non-state Armed Groups

3 Legal Remedies

22 Developments Needed

1 Enhancing Knowledge of the Applicable Law

2 Further Legal Regulations

3 Independent International Body for Assessing Arbitrariness

4 Integration of Non-state Armed Groups

5 New Enforcement Mechanism

Conclusion

1 Summary

2 Closing Remarks

Reports, Resolutions and Statements

Table of Cases

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.06.2024
Reihe/Serie	International Humanitarian Law Series ; 69
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
ISBN-10	90-04-68933-8 / 9004689338
ISBN-13	978-90-04-68933-6 / 9789004689336
Zustand	Neuware