Book | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Jasper Krommendijk
The number of international human rights treaties and monitoring mechanisms has grown considerably over the past decades. States are increasingly confronted with criticism as to their domestic human rights record. What is the effect of all these treaties, monitoring and criticism? Do they lead to changes and improvements?
The Interface between Patents and Human Rights. Does one size fit all?
Book | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Jennifer Sellin
Millions of people worldwide lack adequate access to medicines, particularly in developing countries. This book focuses on one aspect of access to medicines: the affordability of essential medicines, and its connection to human rights and patents.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Janneke H. Gerards, Joseph Fleuren
The European Convention on Human Rights has great impact on national law, in particular through the case-law of the European Court of Human Right. Over the past few years, however, critical voices have been raised to question the degree of the Court’s influence on national law and politics.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Maya Sigron
This book provides a thorough evaluation of the complex relationship between legitimate expectations and the protection of property guaranteed by Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Yves Haeck, Brianne McGonigle Leyh, Clara Burbano Herrera, Diana Contreras Garduno
Human rights are not aspirational, rather they are meant to be realised. This book is organised into six parts: International Human Rights Law in General; European Human Rights Law; Inter-American and African Human Rights Law; International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law; International Human Rights Law, Extraordinary Rendition and Forced Disappearances; and the International and National Protection of Human Rights.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Ronagh McQuigg
Bills of rights are currently a much debated topic in various jurisdictions throughout the world. Almost all democratic nations now have a bill of rights. These take a variety of forms. This book provides a comparative analysis of the bills of rights of a number of jurisdictions which have chosen to adopt bills of rights based on interpretative obligations, whereby duties are placed upon courts to interpret national legislation in accordance with human rights standards.
Every year, millions of people worldwide are forced to leave their homes and become displaced due to a variety of causes. This book explores the role of international human rights law in protecting people against involuntary displacement. It does so with reference to the idea of a ‘human right not to be displaced’.
What lessons can we learn from history, and more importantly: how? Efficient transitional justice policy evaluation requires, inter alia, an historical dimension. Nevertheless, history as a profession remains somewhat absent in the multi-disciplinary field of transitional justice. The idea that we should learn lessons from history continues to create unease among most professional historians. This volume is a major contribution in the search for synergies between the agenda of historical research and the rapidly developing field of transitional justice.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | World | Catherine Jenkins, Max du Plessis
In this volume, fifteen contributors from the disciplines of law, politics and sociology reflect on South Africa’s transition to democracy and the challenges of transformation and nation-building that have confronted the country since the first democratic elections of 1994. The range of topics covered is expansive, in keeping with a broader than usual definition of transitional justice which, it is argued, is more appropriate for states faced with the mammoth tasks of reform and institution-building in a context in which democracy has never been firmly rooted and the existence of widespread poverty gives rise to the dual demands for both bread and freedom.
This book critically examines the various human rights violations and environmental damage associated with oil exploration activities in the oil-producing communities of Nigeria, the international codes of conduct and norms, and the roles and responsibilities of the major MNCs in respect of these violations.
Book | 1st edition 2013 | World | Cedric Ryngaert, Math Noortmann
In 1994, the United Nations Development Programme coined the term ‘human security’. It approached ‘security’ from a holistic perspective. Human security discourses have continually emphasised the central role of States as providers of human security. This volume challenges this paradigm, and highlights the part played by non-state actors in both threatening human security and also in rescuing or providing relief to those whose human security is endangered
The legacy of the ICTR, RwandaÉs ordinary courts and gacaca courts
Book | 1st edition 2013 | World | Usta Kaitesi
Genocidal Gender and Sexual Violence examines how the experiences of victims of genocidal gender and sexual violence have been addressed on a theoretical and practical level.
A Challenge for Non-binding Norms: The Montreux Document and the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers
Book | 1st edition 2013 | World | Corinna Seiberth
Many states view Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) as crucial to implement their security policy. However, reoccurring incidents of human rights violations have led the international community, private sector and civil society to acknowledge the need for more control. This book examines the promises and dangers of emerging non-binding PMSC regulation alongside more traditional forms of law-making such as plans for an international convention on the use of PMSCs.
Book | 1st edition 2013 | United Kingdom | André Alen, Veronique Joosten, Riet Leysen, Willem Verrijdt
On the 9th of January 2014, Marc Bossuyt, President of the Belgian Constitutional Court, will be awarded emeritus status. As a tribute for his remarkably prolific career, this Liber amicorum, to which more than fifty colleagues and friends have contributed, aims to express the appreciation inspired by his magnificent fine career.
Book | 1st edition 2013 | World | Marco Odello, Francesco Seatzu
This book explores the relationship between armed forces and International tribunals, courts and non-judicial bodies, taking into consideration the case-law developed by those jurisdictions.
Book | 1st edition 2013 | World | The The Siracusa Intl. Institute
Those keen to promote accountability in conflicts around the world are increasingly relying on fact finding bodies to provide necessary documentation which will ensure that those responsible for human rights abuses are brought to justice. The ‘Guidelines’, developed from inputs by more than 80 experts, provide a thorough and welcome framework to ensure clarity and consistency throughout the processes of creating, investigating, reporting and follow-up for these various bodies.
A Study of Transnational Defence Rights and Mutual Recognition of Judicial Decisions within the EU
Book | 1st edition 2013 | Europe | Malin Thunberg Schunke
The growing attention being paid to transnational criminality and the emergence of new models of state cooperation make it necessary to reconsider the traditional features of human rights enforcement. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how criminal procedural rights are (if at all) protected within the framework of mutual recognition within the EU. The study concentrates on the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant.
Comparative, European and International Perspectives
Book | 1st edition 2013 | United Kingdom | Jan Wouters, Katrien Meuwissen
Over the past twenty years, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) have moved from the periphery to the centre of the human rights debate. The potential of NHRIs to transmit and implement international norms at the domestic level, and to transfer human rights expertise to regional and global human rights fora, is increasingly recognised. This book focuses on the functioning and role of NHRIs in Europe in a comparative, European and international perspective.
The implementation of Article 5(a) CEDAW for the realisation of women's right to be free from gender-based violence in Jamaica
Book | 1st edition 2013 | United Kingdom | Ramona Biholar
Gender-based violence against women is a stubborn problem worldwide. This book explores the transformation of sex roles and gender stereotyping, and interrogates, in the specific context of Jamaica, the implementation of Article 5(a) CEDAW for a social and cultural transformation and the realisation of women’s right to be free from gender-based violence.