ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines key issues and debates regarding the connections between armed conflict and human rights, both theoretical and practical. It also examines the key legal sources and obligations in both international human rights law and international humanitarian law. The book also examines an important set of issues that are directly located at the intersection of courses on human rights and international humanitarian law, and courses on conflict analysis and conflict resolution. It discusses international humanitarian law is traditionally dualistic, distinguishing between international and noninternational armed conflict. Human rights protections and accountability for past violations are usually among the demands that parties consider when negotiating the end to an armed conflict. Conflict analysis, in theory and in practice, seeks to identify the 'underlying' causes of conflict as well as to understand the dynamics of conflict once it is under way.
