Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law

Edited by Sarah Joseph, Griffith Law School, Griffith University and Adam McBeth, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

‘This Handbook will quickly become the first stop for all interested in human rights, whether they are academics, activists or civil servants. It provides a clear and accessible guide to international human rights law, but never sacrifices sophistication for simplicity. The authors cover a great range of human rights issues in an imaginative way and alert the reader to the major debates and controversies. This is a valuable contribution to the international protection of human rights.’

• Contents:Preface1. The United Nations and Human RightsSarah Joseph and Joanna Kyriakakis2. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: An Examination of State ObligationsManisuli Ssenyonjo 3. Extraterritoriality: Universal Human Rights Without Universal Obligations?Sigrun I. Skogly4. Non-state Actors and International Human Rights LawRobert McCorquodale5. NGOs and Human Rights: Channels of PowerPeter J. Spiro6. Human Rights in Economic GlobalisationAdam McBeth7. Human Rights and DevelopmentStephen P. Marks8. Gender and International Human Rights Law: The Intersectionality AgendaAnastasia Vakulenko9. Refugees and Displaced Persons: The Refugee Definition and ‘Humanitarian’ ProtectionSusan Kneebone10. International Criminal LawElies van Sliedregt and Desislava Stoitchkova11. The Four Pillars of Transitional Justice: A Gender-Sensitive AnalysisRonli Sifris12. The International Court of Justice and Human RightsSandesh Sivakumaran13. The Council of Europe and the Protection of Human Rights: A System in Need of ReformVirginia Mantouvalou and Panayotis Voyatzis14. The Inter-American Human Rights System: Selected Examples of its Supervisory WorkDiego Rodríguez-Pinzón and Claudia Martin15. African Human Rights Law in Theory and PracticeMagnus Killander16. The Political Economy and Culture of Human Rights in East AsiaMichael C. Davis17. Islam and the Realization of Human Rights in the Muslim WorldMashood A. Baderin18. Religion, Belief and International Human Rights in the Twenty-first CenturyPeter Cumper19. DRIP Feed: The Slow Reconstruction of Self-determination for Indigenous PeoplesMelissa Castan20. Counter-Terrorism and Human RightsAlex Conte21. Human Rights Education: A Slogan in Search of a DefinitionPaula GerberIndex