Book contents
- The Right to Life under International Law
- The Right to Life under International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- An Historical Introduction to the Right to Life
- Part I Overview of the Right to Life under International Law
- Part II Major Themes
- Part III The Protection of At-Risk Groups and Individuals
- Part IV Accountability
- 32 The Right to Life and State Responsibility
- 33 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of International Organisations
- 34 Corporate Responsibility and the Right to Life
- 35 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of Non-State Armed Groups
- 36 The Right to Life and Non-governmental Organisations
- 37 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of Individuals
- Part V Human Rights Machinery Protecting the Right to Life
- Part VI Outlook
- Index
33 - The Right to Life and the Responsibility of International Organisations
from Part IV - Accountability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2021
- The Right to Life under International Law
- The Right to Life under International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- An Historical Introduction to the Right to Life
- Part I Overview of the Right to Life under International Law
- Part II Major Themes
- Part III The Protection of At-Risk Groups and Individuals
- Part IV Accountability
- 32 The Right to Life and State Responsibility
- 33 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of International Organisations
- 34 Corporate Responsibility and the Right to Life
- 35 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of Non-State Armed Groups
- 36 The Right to Life and Non-governmental Organisations
- 37 The Right to Life and the Responsibility of Individuals
- Part V Human Rights Machinery Protecting the Right to Life
- Part VI Outlook
- Index
Summary
International organisations are subjects of international law with international personality. They are constrained by customary international law to respect and protect life. In addition, the European Union is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A range of conduct will violate the right to life and thereby constitute an internationally wrongful act. Examples include the most flagrant instances of arbitrary deprivation of life: deliberate extrajudicial executions and other arbitrary killings by agents of an international organisation that often uses force, such as by NATO in its operations, or by UN Police or a UN peacekeeping operation. This is so whether the killings occur in peacetime or during and in connection with a situation of armed conflict.
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- The Right to Life under International LawAn Interpretative Manual, pp. 629 - 646Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021