A slide that deals with the importance of human rights during armed conflicts, be it war or civil war, this slide talks about various human rights treaties like Geneva convention, Differentiates between war and aggression and many more.

1. Human rights during
armed conflicts
By:- Raushan kumar
Student l.l.b 4th semester,
Slla, noida international university

2. What arehuman rights?
Human rights are the basic rights and freedom that belong to
every person in the world,from birth untill death. These basic
rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness,
equality, respect and independence. Human rights include the
right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture,
freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and
education, and many more. These values are defined and
protected under law.

3. International
humanrights
law
 International human rights law lays down the
obligations of governments to act in accordance with
UN charter, and Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. The United Nations has defined a broad range
of internationally accepted rights , including civil,
cultural, economic, political, and social rights. The
united nations has made specific provisions for the
protection of rights of children, women, persons with
disabilities, minorities and other vulnerable groups.

4. war
 When the dispute between the states is not settled
even by coercive means. Then they may resort to war,
It is an ultimate means of settling international
disputes. By resorting to war states seek to impose
their will on each other, Oppenheim defines war, as a
contention between two or more states, through their
armed forces, for the purpose of overpowering each
other and imposing such conditions of peace as the
victor pleases.

5. Difference
betweenwar
andaggression.
 War is a contention I.e; a violent struggle through the
application of armed forces. It is therefore different
from aggression where the state uses the armed forces
against other state. Aggression in itself is not a war. It
may lead to war when it is answered by similar hostile
acts by the other side. War always happen between two
or more states.

6. Humanrights
andarmed
conflict,
 IIt is often during armed conflicts that human rights
are infringed upon the most. Therefore over the years,
experts have focussed more attention on the
formulation of instruments aimed at allevating human
suffering during war and conflict. Today these areas of
modern international law attempt to provide protection
to victims of war : Human rights law, refugee law and
humanitarian law.

7. Humanrights
andarmed
conflict
 Humanitarian law applies during armed conflict,
restricting the action of warring parties, providing for
protection and humane treatment of persons who are
not taking part or can no longer take part in
hostelities. Like international human rights law,
humantitrian law protects the lives and dignity of
individuals, prohibiting torture or cruel treatment,
prescribing rights for persons subject to a criminal
justice procedure, prohibiting discrimination and
setting out provisions for protection of women and
children during war.

8. Conventions
dealing with
protection of
human rights
during war.
 CONFRENCE OF PARIS, 1856
 GENEVA CONVENTION 1864
 ST PETERSBURG CONFRENCE 1868
 THE HAGUE PEACE CONFRENCE 1869, 1907
 AND GENEVA CONVENTION 1949 AND 1977.

9. Geneva
convention
 The geneva convention are a group of international
treaties signed between 1864 and 1949 that define
worldwide norms for humanitarian treatment in times
of war. The treaty ensures that combatants and non
combatants, including civilians and medical staff, are
treated humanly, as are combatants who are no longer
actively fighting such as prisioners of war , injured or
strict soldiers.

10. KEY
PROVISIONSOF
GENEVA
CONVENTIONS
 The convention forbids in the strongest terms the
utilisation of human shields.
 It also provides that the civilians maynot be compelled
to work for the occupying forces, unless certain strict
conditions are met under article 51.
 The international committee of the Red
Cross ( ICRC) moniters compliance with the geneva
conventions and protocols by, inter alia, visiting places
of detention, receiving complaints of breaches of
humanitarian law and adressing concerns of
governments.

11. Warcrimes
 Article 8 of geneva convention deals with war crimes.
These includes willful killing, Torture or inhuman
treatment including biologival experiments, rape,
intentionally bombing civilian institutions I.e;
buildings such as schools, hospitals etc, Bombarding of
towns and villages, buildings which are not being used
for millitary purpose, killing or wounding a combatant
who laid down his arms, using chemical weapons.

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