Collective punishment and human rights law: addressing gaps in international law

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Bibliography -- Primary sources and supplementary material -- 2 Collective punishment and the law of armed conflict -- Introduction -- The legal regulation of collective punishment under the law of armed conflict -- Treaty law -- Customary international law -- International criminal law -- Definition and scope of collective punishment -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary sources and supplementary material -- Cases -- Online sources -- 3 Case study: Collective punishment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories -- Introduction -- Setting the scene - Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories -- Punitive house demolitions -- The legal basis of punitive house demolitions -- Punitive house demolitions and the Israeli Supreme Court -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary sources and supplementary material -- Cases -- Online sources -- 4 Collective punishment and human rights law -- Introduction -- Reference to collective punishment relating to states of emergency -- Related rights and principles in international and regional human rights instruments -- The right to life -- The prohibition of torture -- The protection of property -- The prohibition of discrimination -- The principle of individual responsibility -- Group rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights -- Minority rights -- Reference to the term 'collective punishment' in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary sources and supplementary material -- Cases -- Online sources -- 5 Case study: Collective punishment in Chechnya -- Introduction -- Setting the scene - two non-international armed conflicts and Chechnya's current status -- Two non-international armed conflicts in Chechnya.