Description: How do international human rights and humanitarian law protect vulnerable individuals during peace and war? Provost analyzes systemic similarities and differences between the two to examine how they are each designed to achieve their specific goals. He describes the dynamics of human rights and humanitarian law, revealing that each performs a task for which it is better suited than the other, and that the fundamentals of each field remain partly incompatible. He covers all relevant materials from the UN, ICTY, ICTR, and regional organizations in Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Review Quotes: "...an in-depth and innovative analysis...It will appeal to all those with an academic interest in international human rights and humanitarian norms as well as to legal practitioners and international organizations involved in the operational norms of these two areas of law." American Political Science Association