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Format: 247 Seiten.

ISBN: 978-0-8122-4875-3

Series Statement: Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Language: English

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: Menschenrecht ; Globalisierung ; Kapitalismus

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author information: Nowak, Manfred, 1950-,

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Format: XVI, 451 Seiten : , graphische Darstellungen.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 978-0-521-88510-2 , 978-0-521-71232-3

Content: "This volume argues that international human rights law has made positive contribution to the realization of human rights in much of the world. Although governments sometimes ratify human rights treaties, gambling that they will experience little pressure to comply with them, this is not typically the case. Focusing on rights stakeholders rather than the United Nations or state pressure, Beth A. Simmons demonstrates through a combination of statistical analyses and case studies that the ratification of treaties leads to better rights practices on average." "By several measures, civil and political rights, women's rights, a right not to be tortured in government detention, and children's rights improve, especially in the very large heterogeneous set of countries that are neither stable autocracies nor stable democracies. Simmons argues that international human rights law should get more practical and rhetorical support from the international community as a supplement to broader efforts to address conflict, development, and democratization."--BOOK JACKET.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Law

Keywords: Menschenrecht ; Innerstaatliches Recht ; Menschenrechtspolitik ; Internationales Regime ; Menschenrecht ; Internationales Recht ; Innerstaatliches Recht ; Menschenrechtspolitik ; Internationale Politik ; Adressbuch

URL: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=018682418&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA

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Format: viii, 752 Seiten

Edition: Second edition

ISBN: 9780198298380 , 9780198298373

Content: The very concept of human rights implies governmental accountability. To ensure that governments are indeed held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others the United Nations has established a wide range of mechanisms to monitor compliance, and to seek to prevent as well as respond to violations. The panoply of implementation measures that the UN has taken since 1945 has resulted in a diverse and complex set of institutional arrangements, the effectiveness of which varies widely. Indeed, there is much doubt as to the effectiveness of much of the UN's human rights efforts but also about what direction it should take. Inevitable instances of politicization and the hostile, or at best ambivalent, attitude of most governments, has at times endangered the fragile progress made on the more technical fronts. At the same time, technical efforts cannot dispense with the complex politics of actualizing the promise of human rights at and through the UN. In addition to significant actual and potential problems of duplication, overlapping and inconsistent approaches, there are major problems of under-funding and insufficient expertise. The complexity of these arrangements and the difficulty in evaluating their impact makes a comprehensive guide of the type provided here all the more indispensable. These essays critically examine the functions, procedures, and performance of each of the major UN organs dealing with human rights, including the Security Council and the International Court of Justice as well as the more specialized bodies monitoring the implementation of human rights treaties. Significant attention is devoted to the considerable efforts at reforming the UN's human rights machinery, as illustrated most notably by the creation of the Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights. The book also looks at the relationship between the various bodies and the potential for major reforms and restructuring.

Note: Literaturangaben , Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke , Appraising the UN Human Rights Regime , Part I: The Human Rights Mandate of the Principal Organs , The Security Council , The General Assembly , The Economic and Social Council , The International Court of Justice , Part II: Subsidiary Human Rights Organs , The Council and Commission on Human Rights , The Consultative Committee , The Commission on the Status of Women , The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues , Part III: Organs Monitoring Treaty Compliance , The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination , The Human Rights Committee , The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women , The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights , The Committee against Torture , The Committee on the Rights of the Child , The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , The Committee on Enforced Disappearances , The Committee on the Human Rights of Migrant Workers , Reform of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body system , Part IV The Governance of Human Rights , The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , Human Rights Co-ordination within the UN System

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe The United Nations and human rights Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe The United Nations and human rights Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780191544774

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Law

Keywords: Vereinte Nationen ; Menschenrecht ; Vereinte Nationen ; Organ ; Menschenrecht ; Durchsetzung ; Vereinte Nationen ; Menschenrecht ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Klappentext

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Format: xii, 351 Seiten , Illustrationen , 24 cm

ISBN: 0521150175 , 0521761751 , 9780521150170 , 9780521761758

Content: "This book critically examines the significance of National Human Rights Institutions by collecting work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology, and human rights practice"--

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Machine generated contents note: 1. National human rights institutions, state compliance, and social change Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram; Part I. NHRIs in Theory and Reality: 2. National human rights institutions and state compliance Sonia Cardenas; 3. The shifting boundaries of NHRI definition in the international system Linda C. Reif; 4. Evaluating NHRIs: considering structure, mandate, and impact Julie Mertus; Part II. NHRI Performance: Global, Regional, and National Domains: 5. National human rights institutions and the international human rights system Chris Sidoti; 6. National human rights institutions in anglophone Africa: legalism, popular agency, and the "voices of suffering" Obiora Chinedu Okafor; 7. National human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region: change agents under conditions of uncertainty Catherine Renshaw and Kieren Fitzpatrick; 8. National human rights institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: the ombudsman as agent of international law Richard Carver; 9. National human rights institutions in Latin America: politics and institutionalization Thomas Pegram; Part III. NHRIS and Compliance: Beyond Enforcement: 10. The societalization of horizontal accountability: rights advocacy and the defensor del pueblo de la nación in Argentina Enrique Peruzzotti; 11. Through pressure or persuasion?: explaining compliance with the resolutions of the Bolivian defensor del pueblo Fredrik Uggla; Part IV. Final Reflections: 12. Tainted origins and uncertain outcomes: evaluating NHRIs Peter Rosenblum; 13. National human rights institutions, opportunities, and activism David S. Meyer.

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Human rights, state compliance, and social change Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ISBN 9781139019408

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Law , Ethnology

Keywords: Menschenrecht ; Internationales Recht ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: vii, 508 Seiten.

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 978-0-19-871325-8 , 978-0-19-885999-4

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Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Philosophy

Keywords: Menschenrecht ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030064116&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: viii, 231 Seiten , Illustrationen

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 0198299575 , 0199246009 , 9780198299578 , 9780199246007

Series Statement: The collected courses of the Academy of European Law volume 28,2

Content: In recent years, human rights have come under fire, with the rise of political illiberalism and the coming to power of populist authoritarian leaders in many parts of the world who contest and dismiss the idea of human rights. More surprisingly, scholars and public intellectuals, from both the progressive and the conservative side of the political spectrum, have also been deeply critical, dismissing human rights as flawed, inadequate, hegemonic, or overreaching. While acknowledging some of the shortcomings, this book presents an experimentalist account of international human rights law and practice and argues that the human rights movement remains a powerful and appealing one with widespread traction in many parts of the globe. Using three case studies to illuminate the importance and vibrancy of the movement around the world, the book argues that its potency and legitimacy rest on three main pillars: First, it is based on a deeply-rooted and widely appealing moral discourse that integrates the three universal values of human dignity, human welfare, and human freedom. Second, these values and their elaboration in international legal instruments have gained widespread - even if thin - agreement among states worldwide. Third, human rights law and practice is highly dynamic, with human rights being activated, shaped, and given meaning and impact through the on-going mobilization of affected individuals and groups, and through their iterative engagement with multiple domestic and international institutions and processes. The book offers an account of how the human rights movement has helped to promote human rights and positive social change, and argues that the challenges of the current era provide good reasons to reform, innovate, and strengthen that movement, rather than to abandon it or to herald its demise. --

Note: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke , Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Keywords: Pakistan ; Argentinien ; Island ; Menschenrecht

DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198299578.001.0001

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author information: De Búrca, Gráinne 1966-

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Format: xiv, 264 Seiten

ISBN: 9781988832494

Content: Why do so many Africans believe they cannot break the “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back” cycle? Six decades after colonial flags were lowered and African countries gained formal independence, the continent struggles to free itself from the deep legacies of colonialism, imperialism and patriarchy. Many intellectuals, politicians, feminists and other activists, eager to contribute to Africa’s liberation, have frustratingly felt like they took the wrong path. Analyzed through the eyes of Afro-Feminism, this book revisits some of the fundamental preconditions needed for radical transformation. It challenges the traditional human rights paradigm and its concomitant idea of “gender equality,” flagging instead, the African philosophy of Ubuntu as a serious alternative for reinvigorating African notions of social justice. If you are a student of Africa or in a space where you wish to recalibrate your compass and reboot your consciousness in the struggle for Africa’s liberation, this book is for you.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781988832500

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Tamale, Sylvia Decolonization and afro-feminism Ottawa : Daraja Press, 2020 ISBN 1988832500

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781988832500

Language: English

Subjects: Ethnology

Keywords: Afrika ; Feminismus ; Entkolonialisierung ; Postkolonialismus ; Entkolonialisierung ; Antikolonialismus ; Frauenemanzipation ; Recht ; Menschenrecht

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: XXXIX, 645 Seiten , 25 cm

ISBN: 9789004284241

Series Statement: Nottingham studies on human rights volume 5

Content: Introduction / Alice Donald, Carla Buckley and Philip Leach -- The duty to investigate right to life violations across three regional systems : harmonisation or fragmentation of international human rights law? / Philip Leach, Rachel Murray and Clara Sandoval -- The death penalty as addressed by regional and International human rights bodies : exploring jurisprudential cross-fertilisation and harmonisation / Chloe Cheeseman -- International trends in the recognition of abortion rights / Elizabeth Wicks -- The European Court of Human Rights' recourse to external legal materials when interpreting and applying the right to private life / Alastair Mowbray -- Minority sexual orientation as a challenge to the harmonised interpretation of International human rights law / Frans Viljoen -- Concepts of substantive gender equality : looking for coherence among the regional and International perspectives / Magdalena Forowicz -- Judges of the world, united? : collective aspects of the right to work in regional human rights systems / Rory O'Connell -- The influence of International human rights law on the right to health jurisprudence of the European region / Jacinta Miller -- Is the International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination the De Facto minority rights treaty? / David Keane and Joshua Castellino -- Children's rights under regional human rights law : a tale of harmonisation? / Aoife Nolan and Ursula Kilkelly -- Affording States a margin of appreciation : comparing the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights / Dominic McGoldrick -- Human rights bodies and International Humanitarian Law : common but differentiated approaches / Larissa van den Herik and Helen Duffy -- The use made by the organs of the European Convention on Human Rights of reference to the views of other human rights bodies in addressing the scope of the extraterritorial applicability of the convention / Francoise J. Hampson -- State obligations with regard to the extraterritorial activities of companies domiciled on their territories / Nadia Bernaz -- Inherent and implied powers of regional human rights tribunals / Dinah Shelton -- International human rights law : towards pluralism or harmony? : the opportunities and challenges of coexistence: the view from the UN treaty bodies / Simon Walker -- Co-existence and confidentiality : the experience of the optional protocol to the Convention Against Torture / Malcolm D. Evans -- Human rights through the backdoor : the contribution of special procedures to the normative coherence and contradictions of International human rights law / Elvira Dominguez-Redondo -- A European respect for the opinions of mankind? / Michael O'Boyle -- Appendix : Harmonising the jurisprudence of regional and International human rights bodies : a literature review / Chloe Cheeseman

Note: "This book grew out of a workshop hosted by the Human Rights Law Centre in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham in June 2013 , Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004284258

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Towards convergence in international human rights law approaches of regional and international systems Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, 2016

Language: English

Subjects: Law

Keywords: Menschenrecht ; Schutz ; Auslegung ; Rechtssystem ; Konvergenz ; Kohärenz ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author information: Donald, Alice

Author information: Leach, Philip

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Format: XII, 702 S.

Edition: 1. ed.

ISBN: 019968863X , 0199688621 , 9780199688630 , 9780199688623

Series Statement: Philosophical foundations of law

Content: What makes something a human right? What is the relationship between the moral foundations of human rights and human rights law? What are the difficulties of appealing to human rights? This book offers the first comprehensive survey of current thinking on the philosophical foundations of human rights. Divided into four parts, this book focusses firstly on the moral grounds of human rights, for example in our dignity, agency, interests or needs. 'Secondly, it looks at the implications that different moral perspectives on human rights bear for human rights law and politics. Thirdly, it discusses specific and topical human rights including freedom of expression and religion, security, health and more controversial rights such as a human right to subsistence. The final part discusses nuanced critical and reformative views on human rights from feminist, Kantian and relativist perspectives among others. The essays represent new and canonical research by leading scholars in the field. Each part is comprised of a set of essays and replies, offering a comprehensive analysis of different positions within the debate in question.The introduction from the editors will guide researchers and students navigating the diversity of views on the philosophical foundations of human rights. -- cover

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke , The philosophical foundations of human rights : an overview , 1. On the foundations of human rights , 2. Response to John Tasioulas , 3. Human rights as fundamental conditions for a good life , 4. From a good life to human rights : some complications , 5. Is dignity the foundation of human rights? , 6. Human rights, natural rights, and human dignity , 7. Personal deserts and human rights , 8. Can moral desert qualify or justify human rights? , 9. A social ontology of human rights , 10. Human rights, human dignity, and power , Pt. II. Human rights in law and politics ; 11. Human rights in the emerging world order , 12. Joseph Raz on human rights : a critical appraisal , 13. Why international legal human rights? , 14. Human rights pragmatism and human dignity , 15. Human rights and constitutional law : patterns of mutual validation and legitimation , 16. Specifying human rights , 17. Rescuing proportionality , 18. Rescuing human rights from proportionality , Pt. III. Canonical and contested human rights ; 19. Free speech as an inverted right and democratic persuasion , 20. Free speech and "democratic persuasion" : a response to Brettschneider , 21. Freedom of religion in a secular world , 22. Religious liberty conceived as a human right , 23. The right to security , 24. Rights and security for human rights sceptics , 25. Self-determination and the human right to democracy , 26. A human right to democracy? , 27. The content of the human right to health , 28. Do we have a human right to the political determinants of health? , 29. A moral inconsistency argument for a basic human right to subsistence , 30. The force of subsistence rights , Pt. IV. Human rights : concerns and alternatives ; 31. The relativity and ethnocentricity of human rights , 32. Human needs, human rights , 33. Liberty rights and the limits of liberal democracy , 34. Human rights without the human good? A reply to Jiwei Ci , 35. Care and human rights , 36. Care and human rights : a reply to Virginia Held , 37. Human rights in Kantian mode : a sketch , 38. Why there cannot be a truly Kantian theory of human rights

Additional Edition: Online-Ausg. Philosophical foundations of human rights Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015 ISBN 9780191768101

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Philosophical foundations of human rights Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015 ISBN 9780191768101

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Philosophical foundations of human rights Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015 ISBN 9780191002908

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Law , Philosophy

Keywords: Menschenrecht ; Rechtsphilosophie ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: XXVI, 450 S. , graph. Darst. , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780691154756 , 9780691154749

Content: "In 1989, when the Cold War ended, there were six permanent international courts. Today there are more than two dozen that have collectively issued over thirty-seven thousand binding legal rulings. The New Terrain of International Law charts the developments and trends in the creation and role of international courts, and explains how the delegation of authority to international judicial institutions influences global and domestic politics.The New Terrain of International Law presents an in-depth look at the scope and powers of international courts operating around the world. Focusing on dispute resolution, enforcement, administrative review, and constitutional review, Karen Alter argues that international courts alter politics by providing legal, symbolic, and leverage resources that shift the political balance in favor of domestic and international actors who prefer policies more consistent with international law objectives. International courts name violations of the law and perhaps specify remedies. Alter explains how this limited power--the power to speak the law--translates into political influence, and she considers eighteen case studies, showing how international courts change state behavior. The case studies, spanning issue areas and regions of the world, collectively elucidate the political factors that often intervene to limit whether or not international courts are invoked and whether international judges dare to demand significant changes in state practices"--

Content: "In 1989, when the Cold War ended, there were six permanent international courts. Today there are more than two dozen that have collectively issued over thirty-seven thousand binding legal rulings. The New Terrain of International Law charts the developments and trends in the creation and role of international courts, and explains how the delegation of authority to international judicial institutions influences global and domestic politics.The New Terrain of International Law presents an in-depth look at the scope and powers of international courts operating around the world. Focusing on dispute resolution, enforcement, administrative review, and constitutional review, Karen Alter argues that international courts alter politics by providing legal, symbolic, and leverage resources that shift the political balance in favor of domestic and international actors who prefer policies more consistent with international law objectives. International courts name violations of the law and perhaps specify remedies. Alter explains how this limited power--the power to speak the law--translates into political influence, and she considers eighteen case studies, showing how international courts change state behavior. The case studies, spanning issue areas and regions of the world, collectively elucidate the political factors that often intervene to limit whether or not international courts are invoked and whether international judges dare to demand significant changes in state practices"--

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-439) and index , The New Terrain of International Law : Courts, Politics, RightsInternational Courts Altering Politics -- The New International Courts -- World History and the Evolving International Judiciary -- International Dispute Settlement -- International Administrative Review -- International Law Enforcement -- International Constitutional Review -- International Courts and Democratic Politics.

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Alter, Karen J. The new terrain of international law Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013 ISBN 9781400848683

Additional Edition: ISBN 1400848687

Additional Edition: ISBN 1306297044

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781306297042

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780691154749

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780691154756

Additional Edition: ISBN 0691154759

Additional Edition: ISBN 0691154740

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Law

Keywords: Internationales Recht ; Internationale Gerichtsbarkeit ; Menschenrecht ; Internationale Politik

URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=42277

Author information: Alter, Karen J.