Soft Law in Jus in Bello and Jus ad Bellum : What Lessons for Business and Human Rights?

This contribution, rather than focusing on the debates within the Business and Human Rights (BHR) domain itself, offers a comparison between soft law regulation in the BHR context, on the one hand, and in the jus in bello (JIB) and jus ad bellum (JAB) contexts, on the other. Specifically, this contr...

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Published in:AJIL unbound Vol. 114; pp. 174 - 178
Main Author: Dunkelberg, Alonso Gurmendi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Washington Cambridge University Press 2020
Subjects:
Human rights
Humanitarianism
International law
Participation
Scholars
Self defense
Treaties
United States > US
ISSN:2398-7723, 2398-7723
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Summary:This contribution, rather than focusing on the debates within the Business and Human Rights (BHR) domain itself, offers a comparison between soft law regulation in the BHR context, on the one hand, and in the jus in bello (JIB) and jus ad bellum (JAB) contexts, on the other. Specifically, this contribution looks at the recent experience in JIB and JAB wherein states and other actors have tried to address the indeterminacy of treaty law provisions through soft law proposals that advance a disputed interpretation of hard law, producing legal uncertainty and scholarly debate. I use as examples the 2009 Interpretive Guidance on Direct Participation in Hostilities and the 2012 Bethlehem Principles as a way to extract lessons for the codifying momentum underway in BHR.
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ISSN:2398-7723
2398-7723
DOI:10.1017/aju.2020.34