Armed Groups: Approaches to Influencing Their Behaviour

ENDS & MEANS: HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACHES TO ARMED GROUPS, ICHRP, 2006

90 Pages Posted: 20 Feb 2010

Date Written: 2006

Abstract

Armed groups are active in numerous civil conflicts. Considered “terrorists” by some and “liberation fighters” by others, such groups have been responsible for serious abuses of human rights.

These abuses primarily affect civilians but they raise many concerns for organisations that work for peace, protect human rights, or provide humanitarian relief. What can be done to influence the behaviour of armed groups? What obstacles face those who try to take action? What factors make an armed group more or less likely to respect human rights and humanitarian norms? Ends and Means: Human Rights Approaches to Armed Groups suggests a framework for analysing how to encourage armed groups to respect human rights.

Keywords: human rights, armed conflict, armed groups, humanitarian norms

Suggested Citation

International Council on Human Rights Policy, ICHRP, Armed Groups: Approaches to Influencing Their Behaviour (2006). ENDS & MEANS: HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACHES TO ARMED GROUPS, ICHRP, 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1550033

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