Public international law: human rights

After the devastation of two world wars, Europe sought to prevent future conflict through new institutions-one of the most significant being the European Court of Human Rights.

After the devastation of two world wars, Europe sought to prevent future conflict through new institutions-one of the most significant being the European Court of Human Rights.

Combining perspectives from law and the social sciences, this book provides an account of the origins and evolution of six regional human rights courts.

At the core of all societies and economies are human beings deploying their energies and talents in productive activities - that is, at work.

Despite the universal right to nationality, many nomadic peoples struggle to claim this fundamental status.

Despite the universal right to nationality, many nomadic peoples struggle to claim this fundamental status.

Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law.

Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law.

The Roles of International Law in Development provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between public international law and development.

At the core of all societies and economies are human beings deploying their energies and talents in productive activities - that is, at work.

The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice is an authoritative guide to the rapidly growing domain of transitional justice-the practices and processes of reckoning pursued in the aftermath of historic injustice.

Proving International Crimes elucidates how international criminal tribunals have tackled the immense and complex task of proving international crimes such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Is it legal to kill, or capture and confine, someone in war?

Is it legal to kill, or capture and confine, someone in war?

The legal rights and protections of members of the LGBTI community have been subject to debate in courtrooms and in academic law discourse internationally for decades - increasingly so since the 1990s.

Hundreds of new bilateral, regional, and global treaties have been negotiated in relation to the world's most pressing sustainability, development, and justice challenges over the past two decades.

The abundance of Roma rights cases before international and European courts reflects the Roma's systemic marginalization as well as their resolve to push the boundaries of human rights law.

With more and more countries including provisions on women's concerns in their trade agreements, Trade Agreements and Women: Transcending Barriers explores how women's empowerment and trade liberalization interact, overlap, and converge.

In the turbulent arena of armed conflicts, Tort Liability in Warfare: States' Wrongs and Civilians' Rights emerges as a groundbreaking exploration of civilians' legal recourse against states for losses to life, bodily integrity, and property.

Statistics show that deportation rates in the European Union remain strikingly low and are decreasing.

The abundance of Roma rights cases before international and European courts reflects the Roma's systemic marginalization as well as their resolve to push the boundaries of human rights law.

Statistics show that deportation rates in the European Union remain strikingly low and are decreasing.

With more and more countries including provisions on women's concerns in their trade agreements, Trade Agreements and Women: Transcending Barriers explores how women's empowerment and trade liberalization interact, overlap, and converge.

Nicholls, Montgomery, and Knowles on The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance is the leading work in this complex and growing area of law.

In the turbulent arena of armed conflicts, Tort Liability in Warfare: States' Wrongs and Civilians' Rights emerges as a groundbreaking exploration of civilians' legal recourse against states for losses to life, bodily integrity, and property.

Nicholls, Montgomery, and Knowles on The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance is the leading work in this complex and growing area of law.

The legal rights and protections of members of the LGBTI community have been subject to debate in courtrooms and in academic law discourse internationally for decades - increasingly so since the 1990s.

The defense industry develops, produces, and sells weapons that cause great harm.

The defense industry develops, produces, and sells weapons that cause great harm.

In international law, the refugee definition enshrined in Article 1A(2) of the Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol is central.

In international law, the refugee definition enshrined in Article 1A(2) of the Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol is central.

Equality's Guardians offers an unparalleled comparative analysis of constitutional equality case law from apex courts across 18 jurisdictions worldwide, including key international human rights treaties.

The European Union and Human Rights: Analysis, Cases, and Materials maps and critiques the EU's commitment to human rights in both internal and external affairs.

Equality's Guardians offers an unparalleled comparative analysis of constitutional equality case law from apex courts across 18 jurisdictions worldwide, including key international human rights treaties.

Proving International Crimes elucidates how international criminal tribunals have tackled the immense and complex task of proving international crimes such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

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Cultural Rights and Wrongs in Transitional Justice provides the first in-depth analysis of culture and cultural rights in the field of transitional justice.

The Roles of International Law in Development provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between public international law and development.

The potential for climate change to cause vast human movement is a major global issue.

Hundreds of new bilateral, regional, and global treaties have been negotiated in relation to the world's most pressing sustainability, development, and justice challenges over the past two decades.

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The Struggle for Human Rights evaluates the themes of law, politics, and practice which together define international human rights practice and scholarship.

The Struggle for Human Rights evaluates the themes of law, politics, and practice which together define international human rights practice and scholarship.

In international humanitarian law (IHL), the principle of distinction delineates the difference between the civilian and the combatant, and it safeguards the former from being intentionally targeted in armed conflicts.

Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception provides a wide-ranging examination of how migration law discriminates against women, heightening their risk of being subjected to violence and intensifying their experiences of it.

Cultural Rights and Wrongs in Transitional Justice provides the first in-depth analysis of culture and cultural rights in the field of transitional justice.

The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice is an authoritative guide to the rapidly growing domain of transitional justice-the practices and processes of reckoning pursued in the aftermath of historic injustice.

This thoroughly revised second edition of the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Poverty builds on the significant contribution of the first edition to the understanding of global poverty, addressing new developments in the nexus of human rights, poverty and inequality.