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SUMMARY:CGHR Research Group: Suspending Rights: The State of Emergency in 
 armed conflicts\, legal exception and case-law practice - Federico Zumpani
 \, University of Palermo
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CONTACT:Gabriela Martinez
DESCRIPTION:The CGHR Research Group is a forum for graduate students and e
 arly-career researchers from any department and disciplinary background re
 searching issues of governance and human rights in the global\, regional\,
  and national contexts.\n\nDiscussant: Dr Federica Paddeu (Research Fellow
  in International Law\, University of Cambridge)\n\n*Abstract*\n\nTalking 
 about human rights in times of war invites a discussion of how derogation 
 clauses can be applied to human rights in international and European legal
  systems. The exception clauses contained in international treaties law fo
 r the protection of human rights allow the Contracting States to suspend c
 ertain obligations in exceptional circumstances. \n\nThe aim of this paper
  is to identify the contradictions inherent in the international conventio
 ns for the protection of human rights in conceiving the state of emergency
  as a situation (tumultum) in which the “reason of state” overcomes in
 dividual rights. The cause of the emergency does not affect the applicable
  rules\, but does however play a key role in the case of armed conflict\, 
 as in this case the application of the rules on the protection of human ri
 ghts in peacetime intersects with the application of the corresponding rul
 es of humanitarian law. \n\nThe exception clauses contained in human right
 s law treaties allow\, within certain limits and for a limited period of t
 ime\, the Contracting States to suspend certain obligations in exceptional
  circumstances. The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed examina
 tion of the legal basis of suspended rights\, starting from human rights i
 nside an armed conflict.\n\nMore information on the series is available he
 re: http://www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/research_group
LOCATION:Room 138\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, 
 CB3 9DT
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