Contents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 1 Robert Kolb, Gloria Gaggioli and Pavle Kilibarda PART I CONVERGING AND DIVERGING PERSPECTIVES SECTION A ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES 1 Co-application and harmonization of IHL and IHRL: are rumours about the death of lex specialis premature? 9 Yuval Shany 2 Are IHL and HRL still two distinct branches of public international law? 29 Vaios Koutroulis 3 Treaty interpretation: international humanitarian law and international human rights law 57 Eirik Bjorge 4 The principles of military necessity and humanity in light of international human rights law 76 Marco Pedrazzi SECTION B MILITARY PERSPECTIVES 5 UN peace operations, international humanitarian law and international human rights law 91 Marten Zwanenburg 6 Private military and security companies under international humanitarian law and human rights law 111 Marie-Louise Tougas 7 Naval warfare: a role for international human rights law? 131 Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg 8 NATO, self-defence and its interplay with international humanitarian law and human rights law 144 Camilla Guldahl Cooper SECTION C JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES 9 The International Court of Justice, international humanitarian law and human rights law 168 Pavle Kilibarda and Robert Kolb 10 Human rights bodies: a comparative approach 188 Walter Kälin and Jörg Künzli 11 International criminal courts and tribunals 209 Yasmin Naqvi SECTION D HUMANITARIAN PERSPECTIVES 12 Developing and clarifying international humanitarian law: the role and legacy of the ICRC 240 Knut Dörmann and Andrea Raab 13 International human rights law and non-State armed groups: The (de) construction of an international legal discourse 265 Ezequiel Heffes PART II CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: CAPITA SELECTA SECTION E OLD TOPICS, NEW CONCERNS 14 The use of less-lethal weapons for law enforcement during armed conflict 290 Stuart Casey-Maslen, Christof Heyn and Thomas Probert 15 What role for IHL and HRL in the fight against terrorist networks? 309 Gloria Gaggioli and Ilya Sobol 16 Investigations in armed conflict 340 Claire Simmons 17 Taking the next steps on sexual and gender-based violence in international humanitarian law: embracing complementarity and mainstreaming gender 362 Helen Durham and Vanessa Murphy SECTION F FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 18 Partnering in detention and detainee transfer operations 387 Tilman Rodenhäuser 19 Non-discrimination under international humanitarian law and human rights law 411 George Dvaladze 20 Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international law: towards a generic definition? 436 Pavle Kilibarda 21 The rights to privacy and data protection under international humanitarian law and human rights law 463 Asaf Lubin List of treaties 493 List of cases 496 Index