1. International Human Rights 23.02.2011

2. The Prohibition of Slavery 1815: Congress of Vienna, Final Act Treaty between United States and Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade; April 7,1862 League of Nations. Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery, September 25, 1926 United Nations. Protocol Amending the Slavery Convention Signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926, December 7, 1953 United Nations. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, September 7, 1956 1815: Congress of Vienna, Final Act Treaty between United States and Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade; April 7,1862 League of Nations. Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery, September 25, 1926 United Nations. Protocol Amending the Slavery Convention Signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926, December 7, 1953 United Nations. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, September 7, 1956

3. League of Nations. Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery, September 25, 1926 Article 2 The High Contracting Parties undertake, each in respect of the territories placed under its sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, suzerainty or tutelage, so far as they have not already taken the necessary steps: ( a ) To prevent and suppress the slave trade; ( b ) To bring about, progressively and as soon as possible, the complete abolition of slavery in all its forms. Article 2 The High Contracting Parties undertake, each in respect of the territories placed under its sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, suzerainty or tutelage, so far as they have not already taken the necessary steps: ( a ) To prevent and suppress the slave trade; ( b ) To bring about, progressively and as soon as possible, the complete abolition of slavery in all its forms.

4. International Humanitarian Law 1864:Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field Lieber Code Institut de Droit International (1880) Hague Peace Conference 1899: Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land, with annexed Regulations (Hague Peace Conference 1907) 1864:Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field Lieber Code Institut de Droit International (1880) Hague Peace Conference 1899: Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land, with annexed Regulations (Hague Peace Conference 1907)

5. “Geneva Law” Convention relative to the Treatment of the Sick and Wounded on Land (1949, subtituting the 1929 Convention) Convention relative to the Treatment of the Sick and Wounded at Sea (1949) Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949, substituting the 1929 Convention) Convention relative to the Protection of CivilianPersons in Time of War (1949) Additional Protocol (I) relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict (1977) Additional Protocol (II) relating to the Protecition of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (1977) Convention relative to the Treatment of the Sick and Wounded on Land (1949, subtituting the 1929 Convention) Convention relative to the Treatment of the Sick and Wounded at Sea (1949) Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949, substituting the 1929 Convention) Convention relative to the Protection of CivilianPersons in Time of War (1949) Additional Protocol (I) relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict (1977) Additional Protocol (II) relating to the Protecition of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (1977)

6. Relationship between IHL and IHR  IHL as lex specialis? ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in Palestine, 9 July 2004  IHL as lex specialis? ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in Palestine, 9 July 2004

7. Minority Rights PCIJ, Advisory Opinion, Minority Schools in Albania (1935), at 19 “It is perhaps not easy to define the distinction between the notions of equality in fact and equality in law; nevertheless it may be said that the former notion excludes the idea of a merely formal equality (…) Equality in law precludes discrimination of any kind; whereas equality in fact may involve the necessity of different treatment in order to attain a result which estabilshes an equilibrium between different situations” PCIJ, Advisory Opinion, Minority Schools in Albania (1935), at 19 “It is perhaps not easy to define the distinction between the notions of equality in fact and equality in law; nevertheless it may be said that the former notion excludes the idea of a merely formal equality (…) Equality in law precludes discrimination of any kind; whereas equality in fact may involve the necessity of different treatment in order to attain a result which estabilshes an equilibrium between different situations”