Eibe Riedel, Professor, Swiss Chair of Human Rights
Assistant: Gilles Giacca
Course Description
This course-seminar will address specific problems of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) in situations of armed conflict. Issues addressed range from international humanitarian law (IHL) norms with ESCR relevance, to the dimensions of ESCR realization of groups of individuals, minorities and indigenous people. The problems of emergency assistance in armed conflict will be looked at from an HR and IHL perspective; the ICJ “Wall” opinion and the decisions of the Israeli High Court and Supreme Court concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory will be looked at through the lens of ESC rights. In addition, limitations, exceptions and reservations to ESC rights in armed conflict and specific rights with their IHL dimension (rights to life, health, food, housing, water/sanitation, and access to energy) will be reviewed.
