Thürer, Daniel Keywords: International humanitarian law | Mots clefs: Droit humanitaire international | ABSTRACT Daniel Thurer, Professor at the University of Zurich, dedicates his course to international humanitarian law or "law of armed conflict" or "law of war". He studies the ways by which international law tries to "humanize" organized violence. But Daniel Thurer`s ambitions are not limited to the battlefield. In his study, he explores the complexity of the ways and means that the law uses to regulate th…

Gab Park, Ki Keywords: DisasteNatural disasteInternational crises | Humanitarian assistance | Armed conflicts | Victims | International protection | International humanitarian law | Responsibility to protect | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The notion of disaster, in the context of this course, is taken in a broad sense, taking the definitions proposed by the Institute of International Law and by the Research Centre for International Law in The Hague. The course is divided into two themes of study, disasters in peacetime and disasters…

Swinarski, Christophe Keywords: Human rights | International humanitarian law | International protection | Individuals ABSTRACT In this course, Christophe Swinarski begins by examining the meaning of the term “individual” and shows how the concept of individual’s protection be profiled from now on to accommodate the legal world hitherto reserved to the States? The author presents an overview of the synergies between international humanitarian law and international human rights law and discusses the concept of …