Human rights 177 results
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Making the Transition
International Intervention, State-Building and Criminal Justice Reform in Bosnia and HerzegovinaBook | 1st edition 2011 | World | Andy AitchisonMaking the Transition provides an analysis of processes of reform, reconstruction and restructuring in the criminal justice field in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the years since it completed a violent secession from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). Across the three sectors of policing, courts and prisons, the work details the challenges facing Bosnia and Herzegovina and explores a range of internationally-sponsored reform initiatives. These three sectors are often examined independently of each other, but by analysing their development side by side it is Making the Transition is able to determine common challenges while establishing different logics and methods of international intervention. -
Accountability for Human Rights Violations by International Organisations
(paperback)Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Jan Wouters, Eva Brems, Stefaan Smis, Pierre SchmittThe present book, with carefully selected contributions from many prominent scholars and practitioners, is the first to explore situations in which human rights are threatened or violated through the actions, operations or policies of international organizations in a comprehensive manner and to examine the accountability mechanisms that are available.€149.00 incl. VAT -
Scattered Families
Transnational Family Life of Afghan Refugees in The Netherlands in the Light of the Human Rights-Based Protection of the FamilyBook | 1st edition 2010 | United Kingdom | Paulien MullerWhen people are forced to flee their country, their families fall apart. This also applies to the 37,000 Afghans who found refuge in the Netherlands. The qualitative research in this book among 37 Afghans in the Netherlands and their families gives insight in how these refugees (re)construct and perceive their family life within and across borders; at the nuclear family level, within the Western diaspora, and with family members who stayed behind in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran.€80.00 incl. VAT -
Children's Rights and Human Development
A Multidisciplinary ReaderBook | 1st edition 2010 | United Kingdom | Jan C.M. WillemsChildren’s rights and Human development is a new and uncharted domain in human rights and psychology research. This multidisciplinary book is the first to introduce this domain to students and researchers of children’s rights, child development, child maltreatment, family and child studies and related fields. The texts in this book may be used both as background readings and as tasks for group discussion in problem based learning or other educational settings in child rights law and psychology courses. The book also aims at a broader academic and public audience interested in the many aspects and ramifications of Children’s rights and Human development.€168.00 incl. VATStudent price: €54.00 -
Towards Corporate Liability in International Criminal Law
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Desislava StoitchkovaSeeking to address the problem of corporate involvement in grave human rights abuse, i.e. genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, this study explores the desirability and feasibility of subjecting business enterprises to regulation through international criminal law.€85.00 incl. VAT -
European Yearbook of Disability Law
Volume 1Book | 1st edition 2009 | United Kingdom | Gerard Quinn, Lisa WaddingtonThe field of disability law and policy is both new and rapidly expanding at European level. It covers a disparate range of subject areas including non-discrimination, transport, education, employment and housing. For the first time, the Yearbook draws all of the relevant developments at the European level together and provides an indispensable reference work for lawyers, public policy analysts, researchers, government agencies and civil society groups. -
Methods of Human Rights Research
Book | 1st edition 2009 | United Kingdom | Fons Coomans, Menno Kamminga, Fred Grünfeld, Menno T. KammingaIn human rights research little attention tends to be devoted to questions of methodology. This book fills this gap. It identifies criteria to qualify a piece of human rights research as a methodologically sound piece of work It is essential reading for any human rights scholar wishing to critically reflect on the quality of his methods of work.€60.00 incl. VAT -
Nationality Matters
Statelessness under International LawBook | 1st edition 2008 | United Kingdom | Laura van WaasThis study is devoted to answering the question whether the international community now has the necessary tools at its disposal to respond effectively to the issue of statelessness. It investigates in detail both the (enduring) value of the two tailor-made statelessness conventions, as well as ascertaining what other areas of international law – in particular human rights law – have to offer in answer to the phenomenon of statelessness.€85.00 incl. VAT -
Shared Pedagogical Responsibility
Book | 1st edition 2008 | United Kingdom | Hans Van Crombrugge, Wouter Vandenhole, Jan C.M. WillemsHuman rights tend to focus on the relationship between individual and state: the individual is rights-holder, the state is duty-holder. Children’s rights bring a third player much more in the picture, namely parents. In this volume, child-rearing responsibilities are examined in the light of children’s rights and (other) human rights. All contributions focus in particular on the proposal to introduce an upbringing (or parenting) pledge.€35.00 incl. VAT -
Developmental and Autonomy Rights of Children
Empowering Children, Caregivers and CommunitiesBook | 2nd edition 2007 | United Kingdom | Jan C.M. WillemsThe emancipation of the young child and the rehabilitation and emancipation of the deprived, exploited, abused and neglected child remain in a legal shadow land. This book intends to explore this shadow land. It introduces the concepts of the Trias pedagogica and Transism in order to shed light on the obligations and responsibilities of states and other actors in the empowerment of children, caregivers and communities.€56.00 incl. VATStudent price: €26.00 -
Thematic Procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and International Law
In Search of a Sense of CommunityBook | 1st edition 2006 | United Kingdom | Jeroen GutterThis 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.€97.00 incl. VAT -
Supranational Criminal Prosecution of Sexual Violence
The ICC and the Practice of the ICTY and the ICTRBook | 1st edition 2005 | United Kingdom | Anne-Marie de BrouwerThis study assesses the supranational criminal prosecution of sexual violence, notably whether supranational criminal law and procedure are adequate from the perspective of victims of sexual violence.€105.00 incl. VAT -
Universal Jurisdiction in Modern International Law
Expansion of National Jurisdiction for Prosecuting Serious Crimes under International LawBook | 1st edition 2005 | United Kingdom | Mitsue InazumiThis study is based on the following questions: Which jurisdiction can and should be exercised for the prosecution of individuals responsible for gross and serious violations of human rights? And especially, in this regard, what is the role of universal jurisdiction?€69.00 incl. VAT -
Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes
Book | 1st edition 2002 | United Kingdom | Machteld Boot€119.00 incl. VAT -
Foreign Policy on Human Rights
Its Influence on Indonesia under SoehartoBook | 1st edition 1999 | United Kingdom | Marlies GlasiusMany states feel an obligation not only to respect human rights themselves, but also to pursue human rights issues in their relations with other states. Human rights are very much on the international political agenda. Little is known, however, about how much one state can influence another state to improve its human rights record, and which factors make such influence attempts more or less effective.€73.00 incl. VAT -
The Women’s Convention and Beyond
Achievements, Setbacks, and ProspectsBook | 1st edition 2026 | World | Ingrid WestendorpThe volume gives an up-to-date and clear overview of women’s human rights in respect of all aspects of women’s lives. It goes beyond the theoretical legal framework and clarifies with examples which barriers may be encountered, how legal rights should be implemented by States, and to what extent women may enjoy the rights they are entitled to in practice.
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The Future of Human Rights Protection in Europe
Book | 1st edition 2026 | United Kingdom, Europe | Angelika Nußberger, Yannick Schoog, Cathérine Van de GraafThe edited volume brings together the unique perspectives of young researchers on human rights.