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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2019(IV-I).01 10.31703/glsr.2019(IV-I).01 Published : Dec 2019The Just War Theory and Human Rights Violations: What Does International Law Tell?
War and Peace are the two important topics of international law. Both the terms, despite polar apart in their nature are the subject matter of international law. As war is inevitable and cannot be reduced to zero; hence, international law tries to lay rules for the justification of war and its conduct. However, a just war becomes unjust when it causes disproportional civilian casualties. Humans become the target of war, whether just or unjust. On one hand, the UN Charter gives equal rights to all the humans without any discrimination and on the other hand, it considers the declaration of a just war as a prerogative of the UN Security Council only. However, states take unilateral actions and violate both the principle of proportionality and fundamental human rights. This analytical study discusses the Just War Theory and its impacts on fundamental human rights, in light of the international humanitarian law
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Just War, Jus ad Bellum, Jus in Bello. International Law, International Humanitarian Law.
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(1) Asghar Ali
PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science & IR, Qurtuba University of Science & IT, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Nazim Rahim
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR, Qurtuba University of Science & IT, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Syed Mussawar Hussain Bukhari
Chairman, Department of Political Science, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ali, A., Rahim, N., & Bukhari, S. M. H. (2019). The Just War Theory and Human Rights Violations: What Does International Law Tell?. Global Legal Studies Review, IV(I), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2019(IV-I).01
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CHICAGO : Ali, Asghar, Nazim Rahim, and Syed Mussawar Hussain Bukhari. 2019. "The Just War Theory and Human Rights Violations: What Does International Law Tell?." Global Legal Studies Review, IV (I): 1-6 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2019(IV-I).01
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HARVARD : ALI, A., RAHIM, N. & BUKHARI, S. M. H. 2019. The Just War Theory and Human Rights Violations: What Does International Law Tell?. Global Legal Studies Review, IV, 1-6.
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MHRA : Ali, Asghar, Nazim Rahim, and Syed Mussawar Hussain Bukhari. 2019. "The Just War Theory and Human Rights Violations: What Does International Law Tell?." Global Legal Studies Review, IV: 1-6
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MLA : Ali, Asghar, Nazim Rahim, and Syed Mussawar Hussain Bukhari. "The Just War Theory and Human Rights Violations: What Does International Law Tell?." Global Legal Studies Review, IV.I (2019): 1-6 Print.
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OXFORD : Ali, Asghar, Rahim, Nazim, and Bukhari, Syed Mussawar Hussain (2019), "The Just War Theory and Human Rights Violations: What Does International Law Tell?", Global Legal Studies Review, IV (I), 1-6
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TURABIAN : Ali, Asghar, Nazim Rahim, and Syed Mussawar Hussain Bukhari. "The Just War Theory and Human Rights Violations: What Does International Law Tell?." Global Legal Studies Review IV, no. I (2019): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2019(IV-I).01