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Long-term Conflict Prevention and Industrial Development
The United Nations and its Specialized Agency, UNIDO
Av Ralf Bredel
Häftad, 2003
1385 kr
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After decades of striving to prevent international conflict, major armed conflicts in the 1990s have taken place within national boundaries. The aim of this book is to consider the root causes of these internal conflicts, and to develop long-term conflict prevention strategies from here.
Racism and Human Rights
Av Raphael Walden, Ralph Walden
Häftad, 2004
507 kr
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The topical and thought-provoking articles in this volume have been contributed by leading authorities and discuss some of the key issues currently facing the human rights community. Many were originally circulated by the CCJO as its contribution to the vigorous debate at the World Conference …
Political Empowerment of Women
The Netherlands and Other Countries
Häftad, 2004
551 kr
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The problem of ensuring that women are at the heart of political decision-making is now very topical in Europe. This is because, despite all of the international agreements, the research, the recommendations and the untold other efforts, the participation of women in political bodies remains low in …
September 11 Terrorist Attacks and the Invasion of Iraq in Contemporary International Law
Opinions on the Emerging New World Order System
Häftad, 2004
1237 kr
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The US administration’s pursuit of the Al-Qaeda organisation and Taliban régime in Afghanistan, responsible for the September 11, 2001 international terrorist attacks, was supported by an international “coalition of the willing” and backed by the full legal authority of UN Security Council …
Right to National Self-Determination
The Faroe Islands and Greenland
Häftad, 2004
1645 kr
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What are the Faroese and the Greenlanders? Are they peoples in their own right, indigenous peoples or Danish minorities? And what is their status under international law? Do they have the right to national self-determination? And if so, what does this right include? This volume describes the …
Protection Role of National Human Rights Institutions
Häftad, 2005
2316 kr
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One of the more promising developments in global efforts to uphold human rights over the past decade has been the growing role of national human rights institutions. A role for national institutions was foreseen by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as early as 1946 and since the …
Accountability, Investigation and Due Process in International Organizations
Häftad, 2005
1633 kr
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This work brings together a number of papers written by experts, mostly senior and active international civil servants, but also retired staff, analyzing the measures taken in international organizations in order to obtain greater accountability. Codes of conduct have been introduced, as well as …
Democratising Development
The Politics of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa
Av Peris Jones, Kristian Stokke
Häftad, 2005
1749 kr
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What are the prospects and means of achieving development through a democratic politics of socio-economic rights? Starting from the position that socio-economic rights are as legally and normatively valid as civil and political rights, this anthology explores the politics of acquiring and …
Legal Aspects of the Cyprus Problem
Annan Plan and EU Accession
Häftad, 2006
2313 kr
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The five versions of the comprehensive settlement plan for Cyprus, which UN Secretary-General Annan tabled between 2002 and 2004, raised a variety of international law and European law questions. This book contains the first systematic analysis of the Annan plan, thereby providing an overview of …
Ethical Economy of Conflict Prevention and Development
Towards a Model for International Organizations
Av Ralf Bredel
Häftad, 2006
1933 kr
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Central to the current development debate is the importance of human welfare in the context of group conflict. When considering ethnic, racial and religious conflict, this debate draws us toward a 'political economy' of conflict. Moreover, notions of an economic paradigm have become prominent when …
European Union Administration: Legitimacy and Efficiency
Häftad, 2006
2041 kr
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The book analyses the administrative system in the European Union with a focus on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administrative practices. The administrative system of the European Union is described as a hybrid between a traditional national and an international administration. In the …
NGO Involvement in International Governance and Policy
Sources of Legitimacy
Av Anton Vedder
Häftad, 2007
2029 kr
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Internationally operating nongovernmental organisations, NGOs, are increasingly involved in international politics and policy making. In many respects their involvement resembles activities and policies that, until recently, were typical of traditional national authorities. This book is about the …
European Convention on Human Rights
Collected Essays
Häftad, 2007
2029 kr
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This volume comprises thirteen articles each written to provide an exposition and analysis of a specific topic drawn from the European Convention on Human Rights. Many of these topics are either explored for the first time or from a novel perspective. All the topics are examined and presented from …
Challenges for Human Rights
Häftad, 2007
1866 kr
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Nowadays we are fortunate enough to be experiencing a boom in human rights - an enormous increase of their importance in the international sphere at all levels (political, economic, social, legal and moral). For the first time the condition of the individual as “citizen,” and not just as “subject,” …
Due Diligence and Its Application to Protect Women from Violence
Häftad, 2008
1381 kr
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Under international human rights law, states are required to exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate, punish and provide redress for acts of violence against women. Accordingly, the due diligence standard presents a way to measure whether a state has fulfilled its obligations to prevent and …
Protection Roles of UN Human Rights Special Procedures
Häftad, 2008
1621 kr
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As the system of human rights special procedures goes forward to deal with the continuing and new challenges of human rights protection it is of great value to record and recall the considerable body of practice and precedents they have developed for the protection of human rights since the first …
Sex and Gender Crimes in the New International Law
Past, Present, Future
Häftad, 2011
1903 kr
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In times of conflict, women have traditionally been excluded from protection of the law. This book analyzes the treatment of sex and gender crimes under international law by identifying various legal eras, from the inception of international criminal law until its most recent formulation, the Rome …
Compliance and Compromise
The Jurisprudence of Gender Pay Equity
Häftad, 2011
1621 kr
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As domestic industrial relations and labor conditions have been seriously challenged by globalization, various international labor standards have been proposed to safeguard and promote labor rights. However, an important question remains: are these rules and standards enforceable and well enforced? …
Reform of the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure in Comparative Perspective
Av M.S. Groenhuijsen, Tijs Kooijmans
Häftad, 2012
2244 kr
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During the last decades of the 20th century, a consensus has emerged that the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP), which had entered into force in 1926, had become dysfunctional in connection with both main objectives of criminal procedure. The research project ‘Strafvordering 2001’ aimed at …
Freedom of Expression and the Media
Av Merris Amos, Jackie Harrison m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1921 kr
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Freedom of expression – particularly freedom of speech – is, in most Western liberal democracies, a well accepted and long established, though contested constitutional right or principle. Whilst based in ethical, rights-based and political theories, such as those of justice, the good life, personal …
Best Practices for Human Rights and Humanitarian NGO Fact-Finding
Av Gerald Steinberg, Anne Herzberg m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1832 kr
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This work outlines available resources and proposed standards for international NGO fact-finding missions:Chapter One presents an introduction to the issue of NGO fact-finding. Chapter Two discusses the problems caused by the lack of any generally-accepted guidelines for NGO fact-finding, in …
Human Rights of Children
Selected Essays on Children's Rights
Häftad, 2022
1681 kr
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For decades, Professor Michael Freeman has without doubt been one of the world's most infuential scholars in international children's rights. His scholarship has been at the forefront of the field and has helped shape many of the developments within it. This collection offers the reader a …
Reason, Justice and Dignity
A Journey to Some Unexplored Sources of Human Rights
Häftad, 2011
2051 kr
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The term “human rights” is relatively recent. It was first used in the late 18th century, in the West. However, many of the basic ideas behind that concept had long been current in various other cultures and civilizations. The book traces those ideas on a journey to some unexplored, or …
Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity
On Belonging, Responsiveness and Hope
Av Ya’ir Ronen
Häftad, 2016
1753 kr
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Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity - On belonging, Responsiveness and Hope, by Ya'ir Ronen offers an innovative understanding of the right to identity aiming to transform its meaning and thus its protection. Drawing on sources from different disciplines, including law, theology, …
Beyond Parliament
Human Rights and the Politics of Social Change in the Global South
Häftad, 2015
1909 kr
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In Beyond Parliament Horman Chitonge offers a unique combination of the conceptual dimensions with the practical examples of human rights discourse deployed as an instrument for social change in the global south. He uses the right to water and the right to food to illustrate that human rights are …
Arab Spring
New Patterns for Democracy and International Law
Häftad, 2013
1908 kr
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The Arab Spring: New Patterns for Democracy and International Law explores a number of critical issues brought to the forefront of the international community as a result of the uprisings which began in the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Particularly prominent among these are issues …
Regime Change
From Democratic Peace Theories to Forcible Regime Change
Häftad, 2013
2376 kr
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This book analyses the recent and on-going regime changes, their internal causes and the external factors that either stimulate or obstruct political reforms. Comparing today’s political reforms with the evolution of the political systems in the Western world, and especially with the sequencing of …
Justice and the Judiciary
Häftad, 2012
2244 kr
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The book is meant to elucidate the concept of justice and its dictates in the various fields of life as well as the implications of injustice. Human rights, the rule of law and democracy are the offspring of justice. The Judiciary is the agent of justice, the persona of justice, trusted to uphold …
Unity in Connectivity?
Evolving Human Rights Mechanisms in the ASEAN Region
Häftad, 2013
2484 kr
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In Unity in Connectivity? Evolving Human Rights Mechanisms in the ASEAN Region, Vitit Muntarbhorn discusses developments concerning the growth of human rights institutions and processes in the regional space known as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Several countries have now set …
International Peace Conferences
Häftad, 2014
2712 kr
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This book has emerged out of the author's experience as Director of an innovative peacemaking, peacekeeping and humanitarian initiative, the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, between 1992 and 1996. What was striking about this conference was the experiment of two full-time …
