Abstract

Treaty-based tribunals that render binding decisions on states under international human rights law (IHRL) have long engaged with international humanitarian law (IHL) in their judgements but little attention has been given to the basis of their jurisdiction, if any, to do so. By revisiting fundamental questions on the jurisdictional basis of international tribunals, this article presents a methodological challenge to the uncritical engagement with IHL by certain IHRL tribunals. After surveying the jurisdiction of different IHRL tribunals explicitly founded on treaties, the article seeks not only to justify, but also delimit, the inherent jurisdiction of IHRL tribunals to consider IHL for interpretive purpose, in contrast to directly applying it to the dispute. Finally, the article analyses the substantive and practical implications of stricter observance of the jurisdictional limits of IHRL tribunals on the interpretation of IHRL, the determination of ‘absent’ states’ legal interest under IHL and the future of IHL dispute settlement.

中文翻译：

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房间里的大象失踪-国际人权法庭对国际人道主义法的管辖权

摘要

基于条约的法庭根据国际人权法（IHRL）对国家做出具有约束力的决定，长期以来一直在与国际人道主义法（IHL）进行判决，但是很少关注其管辖权依据（如果有） 。通过在国际法庭的管辖权基础上重新审视基本问题，本文提出了一些方法上的挑战，即某些IHRL法庭不加批判地与人道法接触。在调查了明确建立在条约基础上的不同IHRL法庭的管辖权之后，该文章不仅试图证明IHRL法庭将国际人道法视为解释性目的的固有管辖权，而且将其界定为界，而不是直接将IHL应用于争端。最后，