AN APPRAISAL OF THE RIGHTS OF PROTECTED PERSONS IN ARMED CONFLICT SITUATION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
AN APPRAISAL OF THE RIGHTS OF PROTECTED PERSONS IN ARMED CONFLICT SITUATION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
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2021
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Ladi, Emmanuel GYONG
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This dissertation aimed at appraisingthe current legal regime on the rights of protected persons
during armed conflict situation in International Law. In other words, this dissertation discussed
the legal instruments dealing with the protection of the rights of protected persons in armed
conflict situation, namely the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its Additional Protocol 1 of
1977; and the protection of the human rights of such persons in general terms. On this note, the
sources of information relied upon for this research include relevant books,(both local and
foreign),articles in journal publication, seminar, conference and internet materials. However, the
statement of problem of this dissertation is that egregious violations of International Law (IL)are
being committed every day both by States and Non-States Parties in their failure to protect
persons in armed conflict situation. Consequently, this lead to failure of commitment to protect
the rights of protected persons by States in armed conflict damages or destroys lives, community
identity and links with the past, present and future as well as diminishes the cultural heritage of
human kind. Thus, the objective of this dissertation is to identify the reasons accounting for
failure to protect by States with a view to ensuring that perpetrators of gross violations and
abuses of such rights are held accountable without any barriers. In the course of this research it
was found (among others) that, the existence of prohibitive cultural barriers stand as a challenge
to the implementation of the right to protect in armed conflict particularly where it affect gender
and women‟s rights. More so, is the non-enforcement of the Geneva Conventions and the
Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and all the rights the protected person are
entitled to by the State parties in armed conflicts situations.In the light of the general discourse,
this research was concluded by recommending (among others) that there was the continuous
need to strengthen the existing Conventions and Protocols protecting the rights of persons in
armed conflict situation in International Humanitarian Law.
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BEING A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF LAW,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF LAWS DEGREE LLM