INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND REFUGEE LAW

Unit I

Introduction to International Humanitarian Law · Nature and Definition of IHL · Historical Background and Origins of IHL · Inter-state resort to force and international law – Prohibition and Exceptions · Use of Force and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) · Relationship between ius ad bellum and ius in bello

Unit II

Sources of Modem IHL – Customary International Humanitarian Law - Development of the · Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols · Fundamental Rules of IHL: · (i) The Principle of Military Necessity and Humanity · (ii) The Principle of Proportionality and · (iii) The Principle of Distinction

Unit III

Concept of War — International and Non-International Conflicts · Relationship between IHL and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) · The Problem of Applicability of Human Rights Law in Armed Conflict

Unit IV

Definition of refugees and displaced persons their problems · The UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and other International Refugee Organization: · International Protection · Protection under national laws · Strategies to combat refugee problem · Repartition, resettlement local integration and rehabilitation · UNHCR role · UNHCE and India

• Human Rights: LGBT, Refugees and Aliens