HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY ARMED CONFLICTS.

In the brutal armed conflicts which take place even in the 21st century, without a basic observance of the rules of war, serious violations of the basic human rights are almost always present. Some of the recent armed conflicts have been so cruel that they have violated everything that has been adopted so far as standards of human behavior in war conditions. In most contemporary armed conflicts, civilians are often deliberately targeted through the use of illegal means and methods of warfare. Almost all contemporary armed conflicts cause serious violations of children's rights, forced displacement, damage to civilian infrastructure, sexual assaults, even using the humanitarian aid as a weapon of war. On many occasions, violations constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes against international law. Unfortunately, the international community sometimes only witnesses these developments without significant results in their prevention. Human rights violations are often accompanied by impunity for the perpetrators, which in some ways undermines the basic idea of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. For these reasons, one of the conclusions in this paper is that the United Nations as a global international organization is most called upon to act effectively to prevent such crimes, as well as to locate responsibility if war crimes have taken place. Hence, the aim of this paper is to contribute to the debate on impermissible violation of international standards established with the International Human Rights Law and the International Humanitarian Law. The paper provides an overview of the treatment of basic human rights in contemporary armed conflicts, with a special focus on conflicts that have taken place in the past two decades and those that are currently ongoing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]