The Concept of Humanitarian War: the Relationship Between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law Based on the Lex Specialis-solution
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) are two different branches of International Public Law. While the IHL have a very long legal history, dating back many centuries, IHRL is of younger date having its big upswing in the decades after the Second World War. They have partially different scopes of application and different purposes, but they meet in their j