Karovska Andonovska, Biljana (2022) Human rights in contemporary armed conflicts. Contemporary Macedonian Defence. ISSN 1409-8199
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Abstract
In the brutal armed conflicts which take place even in the 21st century, without
a basic observance of the rules of war, serious violations of the basic human rights are
almost always present. Some of the recent armed conflicts have been so cruel that they
have violated everything that has been adopted so far as standards of human behavior
in war conditions. In most contemporary armed conflicts, civilians are often deliberately
targeted through the use of illegal means and methods of warfare. Almost all contemporary
armed conflicts cause serious violations of children’s rights, forced displacement, damage
to civilian infrastructure, sexual assaults, even using the humanitarian aid as a weapon of
war. On many occasions, violations constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity and
crimes against international law. Unfortunately, the international community sometimes
only witnesses these developments without significant results in their prevention. Human
rights violations are often accompanied by impunity for the perpetrators, which in some
ways undermines the basic idea of international human rights law and international
humanitarian law. For these reasons, one of the conclusions in this paper is that the United
Nations as a global international organization is most called upon to act effectively to
prevent such crimes, as well as to locate responsibility if war crimes have taken place.
Hence, the aim of this paper is to contribute to the debate on impermissible violation of international standards established with the International Human Rights Law and the
International Humanitarian Law.
The paper provides an overview of the treatment of basic human rights in contemporary armed conflicts, with a special focus on conflicts that have taken place in the past two decades and those that are currently ongoing.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Law |
| Divisions: | Military Academy |
| Depositing User: | Biljana Karovska Andonovska |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2023 20:03 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jan 2023 20:03 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/30869 |
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