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Human Rights rules are laid down in numerous human rights treaties and also exist as customary international law. The human rights treaties examined here are the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the American Convention on Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Otto, R. (2012). Part One – Human Rights. In: Targeted Killings and International Law. Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, vol 230. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24858-0_2
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