Rami Goldstein is a lawyer and lecturer in International Law and Refugee Law at Bar Ilan University, Israel.Nitza Nachmias is Professor (emeritus) of Political Science and International Organizations at Towson University, USA.

• Introduction: Human rights, Interdependence and Checks and Balances in Global South Politics Part 1: Theoretical framework and principles 1. The International Human Rights Regime and Checks and Balances in the Global South 2. Truth Commissions and Tribunals in the Global South: Contributions to Transitional Justice Theory 3. Interdependence, Checks and Balances and Human Rights in the Global South Part 2: Strategic Interdependence and the role of international organizations and NGO's 4. NGOs and the Protection of Human Rights in a Mutable Humanitarian Environment 5. Institutional Responsibility and the R2P Doctrine in the Global South: The crises in Libya and Syria 6. Rape, War, Genocide: A Strategy to Deliberate Extermination Part 3: Case Studies 7. Governance and Human Rights in Liberia during the Taylor Regime 8. The ICC Role in the Lawfare of the Gaza Flotilla Dispute 9. Global and Local Governance and Transitional Justice: The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda 10. The Question of Self-determination in East Timor 11. Human Rights Activism and the Colombian Constitutional Court: Judicial Review of States of Exception in the 1990s 12. Human Rights: Conclusion and Implications for the Global South

Rami Goldstein is a lawyer and lecturer in International Law and Refugee Law at Bar Ilan University, Israel.Nitza Nachmias is Professor (emeritus) of Political Science and International Organizations at Towson University, USA.

• Introduction: Human rights, Interdependence and Checks and Balances in Global South Politics Part 1: Theoretical framework and principles 1. The International Human Rights Regime and Checks and Balances in the Global South 2. Truth Commissions and Tribunals in the Global South: Contributions to Transitional Justice Theory 3. Interdependence, Checks and Balances and Human Rights in the Global South Part 2: Strategic Interdependence and the role of international organizations and NGO's 4. NGOs and the Protection of Human Rights in a Mutable Humanitarian Environment 5. Institutional Responsibility and the R2P Doctrine in the Global South: The crises in Libya and Syria 6. Rape, War, Genocide: A Strategy to Deliberate Extermination Part 3: Case Studies 7. Governance and Human Rights in Liberia during the Taylor Regime 8. The ICC Role in the Lawfare of the Gaza Flotilla Dispute 9. Global and Local Governance and Transitional Justice: The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda 10. The Question of Self-determination in East Timor 11. Human Rights Activism and the Colombian Constitutional Court: Judicial Review of States of Exception in the 1990s 12. Human Rights: Conclusion and Implications for the Global South

Rami Goldstein is a lawyer and lecturer in International Law and Refugee Law at Bar Ilan University, Israel.Nitza Nachmias is Professor (emeritus) of Political Science and International Organizations at Towson University, USA.

• Introduction: Human rights, Interdependence and Checks and Balances in Global South Politics Part 1: Theoretical framework and principles 1. The International Human Rights Regime and Checks and Balances in the Global South 2. Truth Commissions and Tribunals in the Global South: Contributions to Transitional Justice Theory 3. Interdependence, Checks and Balances and Human Rights in the Global South Part 2: Strategic Interdependence and the role of international organizations and NGO's 4. NGOs and the Protection of Human Rights in a Mutable Humanitarian Environment 5. Institutional Responsibility and the R2P Doctrine in the Global South: The crises in Libya and Syria 6. Rape, War, Genocide: A Strategy to Deliberate Extermination Part 3: Case Studies 7. Governance and Human Rights in Liberia during the Taylor Regime 8. The ICC Role in the Lawfare of the Gaza Flotilla Dispute 9. Global and Local Governance and Transitional Justice: The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda 10. The Question of Self-determination in East Timor 11. Human Rights Activism and the Colombian Constitutional Court: Judicial Review of States of Exception in the 1990s 12. Human Rights: Conclusion and Implications for the Global South