The Obligation to Investigate Violations of the Right to Life Reloaded: How Far Does it Go in Times of Armed Conflict? / Zoom In
A contextual-functional approach to investigations into right to life violations in armed conflict
1. Introduction The right to life is often referred to as the foundational right insofar as ‘when [it] is not respected, all the other rights lack meaning’.[1] An essential protection of the right to life consists of the duty to investigate its violations.[2] Under both international human rights law and international humanitarian law States have...