ABSTRACT

International human rights law deals with protections of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights in peacetime, as discussed in Chapters 5 and 6. International humanitarian law deals with issues of human rights violations in wartime. The earliest philosophical recognition of international humanitarian law emerged from the doctrine of the just war of Saint Augustine (354–430). Subsequently, rules of warfare developed. But they were shattered during the world wars of the twentieth century. Currently, the focus has broadened to domestic and international terrorism.