Journal article
The right to life and the Jus ad Bellum: belligerent equality and the duty to prosecute acts of aggression
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General Comment 36 of the Human Rights Committee, adopted in 2018, asserts that ‘States parties engaged in acts of aggression as defined in international law, resulting in deprivation of life, violate ipso facto article 6 of the Covenant.’ One question about this claim is whether it reduces incentives for compliance with international humanitarian law for States and their agents—incentives provided through the principles of belligerent equality and combatant immunity. It is argued that it doe...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 201.1KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/S0020589322000033
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International and Comparative Law Quarterly Journal website
- Volume:
- 71
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 453-463
- Publication date:
- 2022-03-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-02-01
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1471-6895
- ISSN:
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0020-5893
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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1249023
- Local pid:
- pubs:1249023
- Deposit date:
- 2022-03-31
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- Copyright holder:
- Jackson and Akande
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press for the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
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This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589322000033
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