War, Conflict and Human Rights is an innovative, interdisciplinary textbook combining aspects of law, politics, and conflict analysis to examine the relationship between human rights and armed conflict. The third edition has been revised and updated, making use of both theoretical and practical approaches.

Chandra Lekha Sriram is Professor of International Law and International Relations and Director of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict at the University of East London, UK.

Olga Martin-Ortega is Reader in Public International Law at the University of Greenwich, UK.

Johanna Herman is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict at the University of East London, UK

Part 1: War and Human Rights: Critical Issues

1. The Interplay Between War and Human Rights

2. Conflict: Fundamentals and Debates

3. Human Rights: History and Debates

4. Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Armed Conflict

5. Nonstate Actors and International Humanitarian and International Human Rights Law

6. Business, Conflict and Human Rights

Part 2: Contemporary Conflict: Critical Cases

7. The Former Yugoslavia

8. Sierra Leone

9. The Democratic Republic of Congo

10. Sudan

Part 3: Building Peace and Seeking Accountability: Recent Mechanisms and Institutions

11. Ad Hoc Tribunals

12. Enforcing Human Rights Transnationally

13. Hybrid Tribunals

14. The International Criminal Court

15. Enduring and Emergent Challenges and Opportunities