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Age Discrimination and Children's Rights
Av Claire Breen
Inbunden, 2005
2392 kr
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One of the aims of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is to accord due recognition to the fact that 'the child, by reason of his phsyical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth'.However, a …
Trafficking of Human Beings from a Human Rights Perspective
Towards a Holistic Approach
Av Tom Obokata
Inbunden, 2006
2161 kr
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Trafficking of human beings is a widespread practice in the modern world. It has been estimated that between 600,000 and 800,000 people, the majority of whom are women and children, are trafficked worldwide each year. The rapid growth in trafficking of human beings and its transnational nature have …
Human Rights as Indivisible Rights
The Protection of Socio-Economic Demands under the European Convention on Human Rights
Av Ida Koch
Inbunden, 2009
2364 kr
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It is usually assumed that economic, social and cultural rights are two different kinds of rights. Despite this dichotomous perception of human rights we talk about human rights as indivisible, interrelated and interdependent. The purpose of the book has been to examine how the European Court of …
Cultural Human Rights
Av Francesco Francioni, Martin Scheinin
Inbunden, 2008
2830 kr
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What is the relationship between culture and human rights? Can the idea of cultural rights, which are predicated on the distinctiveness and exclusivity of a community’s beliefs and traditions, be compatible with the concept of human rights, which are universal and ‘inherent’ to all human beings? If …
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
European and Scandinavian Perspectives
Av Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Gerard Quinn
Inbunden, 2009
1774 kr
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The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the first human rights treaty adopted by the United Nations in the 21st century. It seeks to secure the equal and effective enjoyment of human rights for the estimated 650 million persons with disabilities in the world. It …
Fair Balance: Proportionality, Subsidiarity and Primarity in the European Convention on Human Rights
Inbunden, 2009
4097 kr
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In one of the most important publications on the European Convention and Court of Human Rights in recent years, a wide range of fundamental practical and theoretical problems of crucial importance are addressed in an original and critical way bringing a fresh, coherent and innovative order into …
Legal Nature of International Human Rights
Inbunden, 2010
3360 kr
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The role and influence human rights in society has been enhanced by its association with international law and yet despite this legal springboard, the scope of its legal nature remains uncertain. By analysing the work of international human rights courts and treaty bodies alongside a brief …
Fundamentals of International Human Rights Treaty Law
Inbunden, 2011
2196 kr
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This book has a simple objective: to present the fundamentals of international human rights treaty law in a way that can be helpful to the national leader, official, or legal adviser whose duty it is to help put a human rights treaty regime into the law and practice in his or her country. It is a …
Minority Groups and Judicial Discourse in International Law
A Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2009
2268 kr
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Set against previous stages of minority protection under international law, this book discusses the role of courts and court-like bodies – particularly in the Americas, Africa and Europe – in articulating and accommodating the interests and needs of ethno-cultural minority groups as part of the …
Immunities and the Right of Access to Court under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Inbunden, 2010
2041 kr
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The conflict between immunities and the right of access to court under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights remains one of the most interesting problems in the current Strasbourg jurisprudence. The European Court of Human Rights had to rule repeatedly on interferences with the right …
Protecting Children in the Digital Era
The Use of Alternative Regulatory Instruments
Av Eva Lievens
Inbunden, 2010
2244 kr
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From the mid-1990s onwards concerns regarding the exposure of children to harmful content in the increasingly digital media environment intensified. Soon thereafter policy makers across Europe realised that alternative regulatory instruments, such as self- and co-regulation, might be more …
International Law Perspective on the Protection of Human Rights in the TRIPS Agreement
An Interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement in Relation to the Right to Health
Av Ping Xiong
Inbunden, 2012
3516 kr
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This book offers an analysis of the interpretation of the WTO TRIPS Agreement and its impact on the right to health. It furthers understanding of WTO jurisprudence and researches the topic in a broad framework of international law. It examines the extent to which the patent protections in the TRIPS …
African Regional Human Rights System
30 Years after the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Inbunden, 2011
4151 kr
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The African human rights system has undergone some remarkable developments since the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the cornerstone of the African human rights system, in June 1981. The year2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter. It …
ASEAN and Human Trafficking
Case Studies of Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam
Inbunden, 2014
2508 kr
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Trafficking in persons is a serious crime that affects the human rights, dignity and integrity of all its victims including women, men, and children in the Association of Southeast Asia Nation (ASEAN) region. ASEAN has made efforts to fight human trafficking through inter alia the establishment of …
Human Rights and Development
Legal Perspectives from and for Ethiopia
Av Eva Brems, Christophe Van der Beken m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
3012 kr
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The papers by international and Ethiopian scholars included in Human Rights and Development: Legal Perspectives from and for Ethiopia focus on the interconnectedness between the protection of human rights and the achievement of development. The book adds to the international debate by providing a …
United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons
A Commentary
Av Khaled Hassine, Scott Leckie
Inbunden, 2015
3592 kr
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In the first Commentary on the United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons – known colloquially as the Pinheiro Principles – Khaled Hassine and Scott Leckie outline the restitution rights of persons who have faced forced displacement and the loss …
Ethno-Cultural Diversity and Human Rights
Challenges and Critiques
Inbunden, 2017
2580 kr
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What is the role of ethno-cultural groups in human rights discourse? Under international human rights law, standards are unclear and ambivalent, while traditional analyses have often failed to elucidate and unpack the conceptual, legal, and policy complexities involved. In Ethno-Cultural Diversity …
“Hard Power” and the European Convention on Human Rights
Inbunden, 2020
3624 kr
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The European Convention on Human Rights is now crucial to decisions to be taken by the military and their political leaders in ‘hard power’ situations – that is, classical international and non-international armed conflict, belligerent occupation, peacekeeping and peace-enforcing and anti-terrorism …
Human Rights after 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Reflections from the Global South
Inbunden, 2024
3336 kr
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This book aims to contribute to the global observance of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1948. It considers nature and development of international human rights law. It considers how human rights interact with other regimes such as intellectual property, …
Business, Human Rights and Sustainable Development
Inbunden, 2025
2312 kr
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Corporate businesses are expanding nationally and globally. Given this proliferation, this edited book investigates and finds the inseparable nexus between businesses, human rights, and sustainable development. It comprehensively accommodates chapters on separate but interrelated aspects of this …
Compliance with Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
States on a Spectrum of Democratisation
Inbunden, 2023
1909 kr
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What does compliance with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) look like in states on the spectrum of democratisation? This work provides an in-depth investigation of three such states—Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia— in the wider context of the growing 'implementation crisis' in …
Reimagining Reparations in Human Rights
The Evolving Concept of Reparations in International Human Rights Law
Inbunden, 2026
1888 kr
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This edited volume explores the evolution of reparations in human rights law. The book examines the complexities of collective reparations, and delves into inter-state disputes and their impact on the individual. This book also highlights innovative forms of reparation, including the exhumation and …
Free, Prior, and Informed Consent: A Critical Analysis through the Eyes of Courts
Inbunden, 2026
1682 kr
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The term free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) has become a call to action for Indigenous People. FPIC embodies the demands of Indigenous Peoples for special consultation and co-governance rights regarding policies and actions in the widest sense that affect them collectively. The question posed …
Value of Human Rights Treaties and Their Supervisory Bodies
Inbunden, 2025
3129 kr
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When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, it was intended that the United Nations and other international and regional organizations would follow up on its provisions by adopting legally binding human rights treaties for the practical implementation and protection of human rights …
Western Sahara in the International Legal Order
50 Years after the ICJ Advisory Opinion
Inbunden, 2025
2325 kr
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This book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on the Western Sahara, bringing together leading international legal scholars to explore and critically assess the enduring relevance and implications of the Opinion. It offers a comprehensive and …
Human Rights in Latin-American Prisons
Towards A More Comprehensive Understanding
Inbunden, 2025
1816 kr
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Why are prisons in Latin America so violent, overcrowded, and marginalising—and what can human rights do about it? This book answers that urgent question through a bold interdisciplinary lens. You explore how law, poverty, gender, and race shape carceral practices, drawing on case studies, original …
International Free Trade Agreements and Labour Rights
New Global Perspectives
Inbunden, 2026
1645 kr
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Offering an interdisciplinary perspective – including not only law, but also policy studies and economics – this timely edited volume provides a global overview of the most up-to-date issues, new trends and postulates for future action in the field of international free trade agreements and labour …
Human Rights of Aliens under International and Comparative Law
Inbunden, 2001
2748 kr
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This volume deals with the basic human rights of aliens from the perspective of international and comparative law. It examines the rules regarding treatment of aliens and the extent to which these rules have been adopted in the domestic legislation of more than 40 different states. It aims to …
New Asylum Seekers: Refugee Law in the 1980s
The Ninth Sokol Colloquium on International Law
Av David Martin
Häftad, 2014
508 kr
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