Book contents
- New War Technologies and International Law
- New War Technologies and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prolegomenon
- 1 International Law and the Use of Nanomaterials in War
- 2 The Three Technologies Using Nanomaterials
- 3 International Treaty Law
- 4 International Customary Law and Principles
- 5 International Environmental Law and Principles
- 6 International Human Rights Law
- 7 Conclusion and Recommendations
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - International Human Rights Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
- New War Technologies and International Law
- New War Technologies and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prolegomenon
- 1 International Law and the Use of Nanomaterials in War
- 2 The Three Technologies Using Nanomaterials
- 3 International Treaty Law
- 4 International Customary Law and Principles
- 5 International Environmental Law and Principles
- 6 International Human Rights Law
- 7 Conclusion and Recommendations
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter shows that international human rights law has direct applicability to the three technologies under consideration during war. In arriving at this conclusion, this chapter analyses the decisions of international courts and judicial bodies, which provide a ‘subsidiary means for the determination of the rules of law’.1 Given that Article 36 weapon reviews require consideration of all international law obligations, and given that international human rights law applicable to the uses of nanomaterials is under consideration, it follows that Article 36 reviews require application and careful consideration of international human rights law.
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- New War Technologies and International LawThe Legal Limits to Weaponising Nanomaterials, pp. 165 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022