International institutions

Geoffrey Robertson QC, acclaimed author of The Case of the Pope, presents a freshly updated version of his masterwork, Crimes Against HumanityIn this fresh edition of the book that has inspired the global justice movement, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder - the crimes against humanity that have disfigured the world.

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a peer-review mechanism, reviewing all 193 UN Member States' protection and promotion of human rights.

This edited book examines European external interventions in human security, in order to illustrate the evolution and nature of the European Union as a global political actor.

This book puts forward a new angle of understanding the society of states in the milieu of the contemporary world.

"e;This book is a timely reminder of the ties that join Russia and the European Union and the opportunities that still exist to improve a troubled relationship.

This book offers a general framework for a better understanding of the differences and similarities between the institutional rules of intergovernmental organizations that include parliamentary elements, and analyzes the role of various types of international parliamentary assemblies in the system of global governance, as well as insights into the process known as "e;parliamentarization of international organizations.

One of the genuinely remarkable but relatively unnoticed developments of the last half-century is the blossoming of an international humanitarian order - a complex of norms, informal institutions, laws, and discourses that legitimate and compel various kinds of interventions by state and nonstate actors with the explicit goal of preserving and protecting human life.

"e;If one wants to understand why, from its modest beginnings, the European Parliament has become a major player in EU decision-making, look no further than this book.

This book analyses and compares instances of the diffusion of political norms and ideas in the history of Franco-German relations.

This book is based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Global Space Governance study commissioned by the 2014 Montreal Declaration that called upon civil society, academics, governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders to undertake an international interdisciplinary study.

This book describes the emergence of research policy as a key competence of the European Union (EU).

This book sheds new light on how lobbying works in the European Union.

This book examines why Turkey has become infamous as a repressor of news media freedom.

This compelling history brings to life the watershed year of 1948, when the United States reversed its long-standing position of political and military isolation from Europe and agreed to an "e;entangling alliance"e; with ten European nations.

Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military compares the integration of women, gender perspectives, and the women, peace, and security agenda into the armed forces of eight countries plus NATO and United Nations peacekeeping operations.

This edited book explores diverse contestations and transformations of sovereignty around the world.

This timely new work provides a thorough overview, analysis, and discussion of standard terms control for banking and financial contracts in Europe.

Domestic courts are entrusted with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as faithful trustees of the rights protected in the Convention.

Globalisation has created many opportunities for economic development, but it is also associated with rising income inequality and poverty.

This completely revised and updated textbook explores the moral, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the movement of people across international borders.

This completely revised and updated textbook explores the moral, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the movement of people across international borders.

This book describes the current innovative tendencies characteristic of multifaceted scientific research and practical developments in the field of international business development and sustainable management.

The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law series describes and analyzes the public law of the European legal space, an area that encompasses not only the law of the European Union but also the European Convention on Human Rights and, importantly, the domestic public laws of European states.

The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law series describes and analyzes the public law of the European legal space, an area that encompasses not only the law of the European Union but also the European Convention on Human Rights and, importantly, the domestic public laws of European states.

There are no easy solutions to the complexities faced by nonprofit leaders and managers.

This volume presents contributions made by Daniel Druckman on the topics of negotiation, national identity, and justice.

There are no easy solutions to the complexities faced by nonprofit leaders and managers.

Moving from a social movement perspective, this timely volume examines narratives on Euroscepticism and frames on Europe from below, at the party and social movement levels.

This book argues that the world order is no longer unipolar, and the war in Ukraine proves this fact.

The book is a single, practical, comprehensive guide to treaty making.

The book is a single, practical, comprehensive guide to treaty making.

This book addresses the hidden dynamics of race within the European Union.

This book examines the interplay between sanctions and nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

This book revisits and interrogates the evolution of the Responsibility to Protect in search of the root cause of R2P's failure to date.

Explores the IMF''s mandate over capital flows and analyses whether capital controls are consistent with international trade and investment agreements.

Explores the IMF''s mandate over capital flows and analyses whether capital controls are consistent with international trade and investment agreements.

In 2003, the UN adopted a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers and aid workers.

This book brings together a diverse range of scholars and practitioners working at the nexus of peace and development to reflect, at the mid-way point of the Sustainable Development Goals implementation period, what impact Goal 16 has made, or may yet make, toward reducing violence in 'all its forms.

This book brings together a diverse range of scholars and practitioners working at the nexus of peace and development to reflect, at the mid-way point of the Sustainable Development Goals implementation period, what impact Goal 16 has made, or may yet make, toward reducing violence in 'all its forms.

This book looks at migrant landing spaces, exploring the processes and infrastructures which people encounter as they navigate urban spaces along the central Mediterranean route.

This book analyses the role of the African Union and regional economic communities in contributing to peacebuilding in Africa.

Before it became a federation, the United States was briefly a confederation, a much looser union composed of states rather than of peoples.

This book investigates the historical economic and legal regimes that legitimated the resource extraction and exploitation of Africa between the 15th and 19th centuries and led to the continent's trajectory of underdevelopment in the world system.

Domestic courts are entrusted with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as faithful trustees of the rights protected in the Convention.

This book demonstrates how participatory arts-based approaches can help children and youth contribute to peacebuilding within post-conflict contexts and to their communities.

A new introduction to the European Union which uses the lens of comparative politics.

This book examines the statistics of the G-20 members with the goal of providing an analysis of their economic policies, with a particular emphasis on the financial dynamics of each country's Balance of Payments, in order to offer a framework for better understanding where we are headed in an era of great economic and geopolitical reconfiguration.