A brief look from the inside and perspectives from outside
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Humberto Cantú Rivera
Special Procedures is the collective name given to the different mandates of Independent Experts, Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups in the field of human rights appointed by the UN Human Rights Council. This edited volume seeks to contribute to the dissemination of the work undertaken by different mandate-holders for the protection of human rights.
How does the law apprehend the economical, political and military differences ? This book explores the role the law has played and continues to play in the confrontation between the strong and the weak.
Book | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Lize Glas
Dialogue is the new buzzword for the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention) system. Judges throughout Europe have welcomed and encouraged dialogue, and references to the notion have become commonplace at conferences and in academic writing. Yet although the buzz has intensified, exactly why dialogue can be of added value is not often examined. Nor do those who rely on the notion usually explain how exactly it can be operationalised in a practical sense.
Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Veronika Flegar
The term 'vulnerability' is often used in law and policy to refer to disadvantaged, marginalized or excluded human beings. This book explores how a vulnerability focus in basic assistance policies can contribute to substantive equality and therefore to the realization of universal human rights in the migration context. It concentrates on the potential that such a vulnerability focus can have to mitigate stigmatization and stereotyping and to facilitate socio-economic participation.
Book | 1st edition 2013 | Europe | Maartje de Visser
This book commemorates the entry in force of the Treaty on European Union 20 years ago by evaluating the legal impact it has had on the European Union’s institutional framework and its policies. It includes contributions on a wide variety of topics, including Economic and Monetary Union, Union citizenship, fundamental rights, foreign affairs and defence policy, educational policy and environmental policy.
The UK after Brexit is the result of a cooperation between a group of leading academics from top institutions in the UK and beyond. It offers students, practitioners and scholars an authoritative, informative and thought-provoking series of analyses of some of the key challenges facing the UK legal system in and through the process of ‘de-Europeanisation’ – that is, in and through ‘Brexit’.
Book | 1st edition 2012 | World | Toshiyuki Kono, Steven Van Uytsel
This book fills a gap in the literature on how the Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions positions itself within the bigger field of public international law. Several studies have been undertaken regarding the relationship of this Convention with the trade regime. However, the drafting process of the Convention brought many more than only trade issues to the forefront, such as heritage law, human rights law, or development law issues. This book investigates to what extent the Convention has impact on these various fields of law and thus aims at clarifying the Convention’s contribution to the fragmentation of public international law.
In this book, Otto Spijkers describes how moral values have determined the founding of the United Nations Organization in 1945 and the evolution of its purposes, principles and policies since then.
Currently, there are many anti-American criticisms throughout the international legal community concerning the foreign relations policies of the United States, in particular, its position on the International Criminal Court. This book considers over 150 years of United States policies on international criminal tribunals and the prosecution of international crimes.
Book | 1st edition 2012 | United Kingdom | Ingrid Westendorp
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is a treaty for all girls and women in this world. After 30 years, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is still valid and necessary both in developed and in developing States. This image is clearly conveyed by the authors of this book who represent a wide variety of national and cultural backgrounds, and who have put the implementation of the provisions in the Convention to the test both in modern and in traditional societies.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | World | Willem Van Genugten
The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund are under substantial pressure to accept more accountability under international human rights law. This publication sets out the standards by which these international financial institutions are bound under international human rights law as it currently stands.
Book | 1st edition 2008 | United Kingdom | Jeroen Denkers
Trade and labour are connected in many ways. One aspect of their relationship revolves around the question whether products that are made in violation of labour rights should be banned from the markets of importing States. In the negotiation process which led to the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) this issue proved to be highly contentious.
Individual outcomes and contemporary policy challenges in European societies
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Ioana Salagean, Catalina Lomos, Anne Hartung
The current retrenchment of the welfare states is buffering the growing demographic and economic pressures in European countries at the expense of the young and the elderly. This book encompasses a selection of empirical studies reflecting on when and why the young and the elderly are at risk in several (mostly Western) European countries.
Book | 1st edition 2006 | United Kingdom | Jeroen Gutter
This study investigates the so-called “thematic approach” as a method available to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to take cognizance of and to react upon violations of human rights worldwide.
Book | 5th edition 2018 | United Kingdom | Pieter van Dijk, Fried van Hoof, Arjen van Rijn, Leo Zwaak
This book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the functioning of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its application by the European Court of Human Rights.
Book | 5th edition 2018 | United Kingdom | Pieter van Dijk, Fried van Hoof, Arjen van Rijn, Leo Zwaak
This book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the functioning of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its application by the European Court of Human Rights.
Amicus Curiae, Member-State and Th iAmicus Curiae, Member-State and Third-Party Interventions
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Nicole Bürli
This book is the first comprehensive and empirical analysis of all cases of the European Court of Human Rights from 1979 to 2016 to which third-party interventions by non-governmental organizations, member states and individuals were made. It particularly assesses the role and influence of interest groups in the decision-making of the Court.
Book | 1st edition 2021 | Belgium | Hervé Jacquemin
L’ouvrage analyse les enjeux posés par le numérique en droit et dans d’autres disciplines des sciences humaines. Les contributions ont trait aux questions importantes du moment, tels que l’IA, le big data, la confiance, l’eJustice, etc.
Europe is under attack. Populism and nationalism are rampant, the United Kingdom has left the European Union and public confidence in Europe is waning. How should it move forward? With that question, the author takes the reader behind the scenes, offering unique, personal insights and positive solutions to address these issues, whilst also encouraging readers to develop their own vision of Europe and its future.
