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ECHR and Human Rights Theory
Reconciling the Moral and the Political Conceptions
Av Alain Zysset
Häftad, 2018
692 kr
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The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) has been relatively neglected in the field of normative human rights theory. This book aims to bridge the gap between human rights theory and the practice of the ECHR. In order to do so, it tests the two overarching approaches in human rights theory …
Resolving Conflicts between Human Rights
The Judge's Dilemma
Av Stijn Smet
Häftad, 2018
692 kr
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Under the influence of the global spread of human rights, legal disputes are increasingly framed in human rights terms. Parties to a legal dispute can often invoke human rights norms in support of their competing claims. Yet, when confronted with cases in which human rights conflict, judges face a …
Human Rights Education and the Politics of Knowledge
Av Joanne Coysh
Häftad, 2018
692 kr
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Around the world there are a myriad of NGOs using human rights education (HRE) as a tool of community empowerment with the firm belief that it will help people improve their lives. One way of understanding these processes is that they translate universal human rights speak using messages and …
Human Rights in India
Inbunden, 2019
2317 kr
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This volume presents an integrated collection of essays around the theme of India’s failure to grapple with the big questions of human rights protections affecting marginalized minority groups in the country’s recent rush to modernization. The book traverses a broad range of rights violations from: …
Criminal Theory and International Human Rights Law
Av Steven Malby
Inbunden, 2019
2317 kr
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The development of an international human rights jurisprudence on criminalization is in its relative infancy. Nonetheless, systematic examination of international decisions on acts engaging the criminal law reveals an emerging human rights approach to the acceptability, or not, of criminalization. …
Human Rights Council
The Impact of the Universal Periodic Review in Africa
Av Damian Etone
Inbunden, 2020
2317 kr
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This book examines the engagement of African states with the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism. This human rights mechanism is known for its pacific and non-confrontational approach to monitoring state human rights implementation. Coming at the end of …
Human Rights Law and Evidence-Based Policy
The Impact of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
Av Rosemary Byrne, Han Entzinger
Inbunden, 2019
2317 kr
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The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) was established to provide evidence-based policy advice to EU institutions and Member States. By blending social science research with traditional normative work, it aims to influence human rights policy processes through new ways of framing empirical …
Istanbul Convention, Domestic Violence and Human Rights
Häftad, 2019
692 kr
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The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention) was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 7 April 2011. The Convention entered into force on 1 August 2014 and has currently been ratified by …
Children's Rights Law in the Global Human Rights Landscape
Isolation, inspiration, integration?
Av Eva Brems, Ellen Desmet m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
692 kr
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Children’s rights law is often studied and perceived in isolation from the broader field of human rights law. This volume explores the inter-relationship between children’s rights law and more general human rights law in order to see whether elements from each could successfully inform the other. …
Executive Clemency
Comparative and Empirical Perspectives
Av Daniel Pascoe, Andrew Novak
Inbunden, 2020
1968 kr
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Nearly every country in the world has a mechanism for executive clemency, which, though residual in most legal systems, serves as a vital due process safeguard and as an outlet for leniency in punishment. While the origins of clemency lie in the historical prerogative powers of once-absolute …
International Law and Violence Against Women
Europe and the Istanbul Convention
Av Johanna Niemi, Lourdes Peroni m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2317 kr
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This book offers an in-depth and critical analysis of the Istanbul Convention, along with discussions on its impact and implications.The work highlights the place of the Convention in the landscape of international law and policies on violence against women and equality. The authors argue that the …
Protection of Vulnerable Groups under International Human Rights Law
Häftad, 2019
692 kr
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The protection of vulnerable groups varies under international human rights law. Depending on the group at stake, protection may be more or less advanced. In some cases, the international community has deemed it necessary to adopt conventions providing for the rights of certain vulnerable groups …
Freedom of Expression and Religious Hate Speech in Europe
Av Erica Howard
Häftad, 2019
752 kr
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In recent years, the Danish cartoons affair, the Charlie Hebdo murders and the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris have resulted in increasingly strident anti-Islamic speeches by politicians. This raises questions about the limits to freedom of expression and whether this freedom can and should …
Collective Punishment and Human Rights Law
Addressing Gaps in International Law
Inbunden, 2020
2317 kr
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This book analyses collective punishment in the context of human rights law. Collective punishment is a concept deriving from the law of armed conflict. It describes the punishment of a group for an act allegedly committed by one of its members and is prohibited in times of armed conflict. Although …
Domestic Judicial Treatment of European Court of Human Rights Case Law
Beyond Compliance
Av David Kosař, Jan Petrov m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2317 kr
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The European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) suffers from the burgeoning caseload and challenges to its authority. This two-pronged crisis undermines the ECtHR’s legitimacy and consequently the functioning of the whole European human rights regime. Domestic courts can serve as welcome allies of the …
Hate Speech and Human Rights in Eastern Europe
Legislating for Divergent Values
Inbunden, 2020
2317 kr
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Hate Speech and Human Rights. Democracies need to understand these terms to properly adapt their legal frameworks. Regulation of hate speech exposes underlining and sometimes invisible societal values such as security and public order, equality and non-discrimination, human dignity, and other …
Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Reform
Our Voices, Our Stories
Av Eilionóir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the …
Critical Indigenous Rights Studies
Av Giselle Corradi, Koen de Feyter m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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The field of ‘critical indigenous rights studies’ is a complex one that benefits from an interdisciplinary perspective and a realist (as opposed to an idealised) approach to indigenous peoples. This book draws on sociology of law, anthropology, political sciences and legal sciences in order to …
Contemporary Human Rights Challenges
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Continuing Relevance
Häftad, 2020
665 kr
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was drafted by the UN Commission on Human Rights in the aftermath of the World War II in an attempt to address the wrongs of the past and plan for a better future for all. With contributions from President Jimmy Carter, UNESCO Secretary General …
Executive Clemency
Comparative and Empirical Perspectives
Av Daniel Pascoe, Andrew Novak
Häftad, 2022
638 kr
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Nearly every country in the world has a mechanism for executive clemency, which, though residual in most legal systems, serves as a vital due process safeguard and as an outlet for leniency in punishment. While the origins of clemency lie in the historical prerogative powers of once-absolute …
Human Rights and America's War on Terror
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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This volume examines the success of the 9/11 attacks in undermining the cherished principles of Western democracy, free speech and tolerance, which were central to US values. It is argued that this has led to the USA fighting disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to sanctioning the use of …
Beyond Human Rights and the War on Terror
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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This edited collection provides a comprehensive, insightful, and detailed study of a vital area of public policy debate as it is currently occurring in countries across the world from India to South Africa and the United Kingdom to Australia. Bringing together academics and experts from a variety …
International Human Rights Law and Crimes Against Women in Turkey
Legislation on So-Called Honour Killings
Av Ayşe Güneş
Inbunden, 2020
2317 kr
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This book evaluates the effectiveness of current international human rights law, and in particular the recent Istanbul Convention, in eradicating so-called honour killings in Turkey. So-called ‘honour killings’ have become an issue of concern for the international community. In Turkey, in …
International Human Rights Law and Crimes Against Women in Turkey
Legislation on So-Called Honour Killings
Av Ayşe Güneş
Häftad, 2022
638 kr
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This book evaluates the effectiveness of current international human rights law, and in particular the recent Istanbul Convention, in eradicating so-called honour killings in Turkey. So-called ‘honour killings’ have become an issue of concern for the international community. In Turkey, in …
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers
Towards a Hybrid Solution
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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Sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers is not an isolated or recent problem, but it has been present in almost every peacekeeping operation. A culture of sexual exploitation and abuse is contrary to the UN’s zero-tolerance policy and has been the target of institutional …
Right to housing in law and society
Av Nico Moons
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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From the very first negotiations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights half a century ago to the present day, socio-economic rights have often been regarded as less enforceable than civil and political rights. The right to adequate housing, even though protecting one …
Shifting Centres of Gravity in Human Rights Protection
Rethinking Relations between the ECHR, EU, and National Legal Orders
Av Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Antoine Buyse
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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This book brings together researchers from the fields of international human rights law, EU law and constitutional law to reflect on the tug-of-war over the positioning of the centre of gravity of human rights protection in Europe. It addresses both the position of the Convention system vis-à-vis …
Socio-Economic Rights in Emerging Free Markets
Comparative Insights from India and China
Av Surya Deva
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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In the last decade or so, China and India have emerged on the global stage as two powerful free market economies. The tremendous economic growth in China and India has meant that they have been able to lift millions of people out of the poverty trap. This growth has not, however, been without …
Criminal Punishment and Human Rights: Convenient Morality
Av Adnan Sattar
Häftad, 2020
665 kr
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This book examines the relationship between international human rights discourse and the justifi cations for criminal punishment. Using interdisciplinary discourse analysis, it exposes certain paradoxes that underpin the ‘International Bill of Human Rights’, academic commentaries on human rights …
Civil and Political Rights in Japan
A Tribute to Sir Nigel Rodley
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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The human rights issues in Japan are multifaceted. Over decades, domestic and international human rights organisations have raised concerns, but government obstinacy has meant there has been little progress. Recommendations of UN human rights bodies are routinely ignored, and statements by the …
