Public international law

The UN Human Rights Treaty System: Law and Procedure examines the core UN human rights treaties that form the framework of international human rights law.

The UN Human Rights Treaty System: Law and Procedure examines the core UN human rights treaties that form the framework of international human rights law.

Proven to reduce bad behaviour and exclusions, and encourage happier, safer school environments, restorative justice is an effective approach to conflict resolution.

Across the world, grassroots movements for change are growing in number, skill, and impact on society.

As the global marketplace grows and becomes more complex, increasing stress is placed upon employees.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR**Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire.

In the last 50 years marine conservation has grown from almost nothing to become a major topic of global activity involving many people and organisations.

In the last 50 years marine conservation has grown from almost nothing to become a major topic of global activity involving many people and organisations.

Since the 1990s, most African economies and public spheres have been liberalised, and new civil society actors have emerged.

Through mapping the rights discourse and the transformations in transnational finance capitalism since the world wars, and interrogating the connections between the two, Radha D'Souza examines contemporary rights in theory and practice through the lens of the struggles of the people of the Third World, their experiences of national liberation and socialism and their aspirations for emancipation and freedom.

Through mapping the rights discourse and the transformations in transnational finance capitalism since the world wars, and interrogating the connections between the two, Radha D'Souza examines contemporary rights in theory and practice through the lens of the struggles of the people of the Third World, their experiences of national liberation and socialism and their aspirations for emancipation and freedom.

This book takes the long-view by analysing Islamic State's beginnings in Iraq to their involvement in the Arab Spring and through to the present day.

This book takes the long-view by analysing Islamic State's beginnings in Iraq to their involvement in the Arab Spring and through to the present day.

Extrajudicial execution, enforced disappearance and torture - these are the tools used by death squads across South Asia.

Extrajudicial execution, enforced disappearance and torture - these are the tools used by death squads across South Asia.

Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict?

Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict?

Israel Shahak was a remarkable man.

The Ranters - like the Levellers and the Diggers - were a group of religious libertarians who flourished during the English Civil War (1642-1651), a period of social and religious turmoil which saw, in the words of the historian Christopher Hill, 'the world turned upside down'.

Latin America has been a place of radical political inspiration providing an alternative to the neoliberal model.

Latin America has been a place of radical political inspiration providing an alternative to the neoliberal model.

Russian Baptists and the Orthodox Church have had a difficult and - at times - dramatic relationship over the past century and a half.

Russian Baptists and the Orthodox Church have had a difficult and - at times - dramatic relationship over the past century and a half.

What relevance does the book of Revelation hold for our lived reality within secular societies?

What relevance does the book of Revelation hold for our lived reality within secular societies?

Violence is not just physical; like everything in life, it bears spiritual implications.

Violence is not just physical; like everything in life, it bears spiritual implications.

Baptists in Romania have developed a practice of suspicion when it comes to religious dialogue, especially with the Romanian Orthodox tradition, due to a history that is characterized by oppression.

Baptists in Romania have developed a practice of suspicion when it comes to religious dialogue, especially with the Romanian Orthodox tradition, due to a history that is characterized by oppression.

Ethiopia is an icon of freedom and indigenous Christianity across Africa due to its historic independence, ancient Christian identity and rich religious heritage.

Ethiopia is an icon of freedom and indigenous Christianity across Africa due to its historic independence, ancient Christian identity and rich religious heritage.

The history of the Philippines is a long and complex one but the stories and reflections in Dark Days of Authoritarianism, from remarkable individuals who were willing to stake their lives for freedom, shed light on life under the martial law instituted by President Ferdinand Marcos from 1972 to 1981, and up to the peaceful popular uprising of 1986.

The history of the Philippines is a long and complex one but the stories and reflections in Dark Days of Authoritarianism, from remarkable individuals who were willing to stake their lives for freedom, shed light on life under the martial law instituted by President Ferdinand Marcos from 1972 to 1981, and up to the peaceful popular uprising of 1986.

Africa's national leaders have failed the continent.

Africa's national leaders have failed the continent.

Forgiveness and politics are often assumed, both ordinarily and academically, to be unrelated and un-relatable.

Forgiveness and politics are often assumed, both ordinarily and academically, to be unrelated and un-relatable.

Evangelical Christians in many countries shy away from politics.

Evangelical Christians in many countries shy away from politics.

The church has a duty to fight corruption and injustice.

The church has a duty to fight corruption and injustice.

Following a paradigm shift in his own personal understanding of mission, Vladimir Ubeivolc proposes the adoption of mission principles based on missio Dei to meet the social and spiritual needs of people in Moldova.

Following a paradigm shift in his own personal understanding of mission, Vladimir Ubeivolc proposes the adoption of mission principles based on missio Dei to meet the social and spiritual needs of people in Moldova.

"e;If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

"e;If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Integrity, pastoral care and authority lie at the heart of Christian leadership and indeed, following Jesus in any capacity, and they are also critical in state governance and Christian higher education.

Integrity, pastoral care and authority lie at the heart of Christian leadership and indeed, following Jesus in any capacity, and they are also critical in state governance and Christian higher education.

For many in the West, Islam has become a byword for terrorism.

For many in the West, Islam has become a byword for terrorism.

As the world looked on in horror at the Paris terror attacks of January and November 2015, France found itself at the centre of a war that has split across nations and continents.