International Law in the Age of Human Rights: General Course on Public International Law
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In his course, Theodor Meron, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, sets out to study the influence of human rights on general international law. Although human rights are central to this course, this is not a course about human rights, but rather about the reforming effect that human rights have on other fields of public international law. By examining most of the general areas of public international law, the author attempts to demonstrate that the influence of human rights is not restricted to one single sector of international law, but that its influence has spread to many other parts, in varying degrees. The humanization of public international law under the impact of human rights has shifted its focus from being State-centred to individual-centred. The author proceeds to study the impact of human rights on public international law in seven chapters. He successively focuses on the humanization of the law of war, the criminalization of violations of international humanitarian law, the law of treaties, the humanization of state responsibility, subjects of international law, sources of international law, and international institutions.
Publication Date
2004
Recommended Citation
Meron, Theodor, "International Law in the Age of Human Rights: General Course on Public International Law" (2004). Faculty Books & Edited Works. 449.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-books-edited-works/449
