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and non-international armed conflicts. IHL in relationship to IHRL is considered mostly as lex specialis . The interaction between IHL and IHRL is mutual, influencing clearly each other’s development. There is a generally tendency to the greater “humanization” of IHL and to “convergence” or “complementarities” of these two branches of international law. The study is discussing also the problem of derogation of some IHRL provisions in armed conflicts and decisionmaking of the ICJ and the ECHR in cases relating to armed conflicts. Next chapter, written by Ondřej Svaček , deals with the issue of human rights protection before the International Criminal Court. After preliminary general thoughts on position of international criminal law and International Criminal Court in the system of international human-rights protection, the focus is given to Article 21(3) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. According to this provision, the application and interpretation of law applicable before the International Criminal Court must be consistent with internationally recognized human rights. Author analyzes current jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court dealing with Article 21(3). The chapter refers to already settled jurisprudence which has elucidated some contentious aspects of Article 21(3) and at the same time points to unsettled challenges which are interlinked with this primary interpretative guideline. Věra Honusková deals in her study with the problem of children-refugees and their protection in the law of the European Union. The system of EU law, a sub-regional system, brings apparent benefits to the status of refugees, who are children. The benefits may be seen mainly in the procedural norms, but not only there. Th e children are counted as a vulnerable group, those, who are unaccompanied minors, are given higher standard of care, inter alia are immediately appointed a representative. The contribution aims at introduction of rights guaranteed in the EU law and analysis their real benefit for children and their effectiveness. Reflections are set into the context of the relevant parts of international law. The chapter written by Miroslav Kaštyl analysis the national security exception, its history and limits in relation to the principle of non-refoulement emanating from human rights law and refugee law. At first, the study enumerates several human rights treaties encompassing the national security exception. Consequently, it focuses on the content of this exception and the issue of securitization. The author concludes witht the observation of a clash of existing obligation of States and possible means how to solve it. The final chapter, written by Mahulena Hofmannová , provides a review of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning space communication.

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