Human rights, civil rights

Bringing together some of the world s leading scholars, practitioners, and human-rights activists, this groundbreaking volume provides the first systematic analysis of the 2012 2014 Brazilian National Truth Commission.

The aim of this book is to delve into the impact of the Information and Communications Technologies in the criminal prevention and investigation, by addressing the state of the art of different measures and its implementation in different legal systems vis a vis the protection of human rights.

On the first day of February 2021, Myanmar's military grabbed power in a coup d'etat, ending a decade of reforms that were supposed to break the shackles of military rule in Myanmar.

Since 1996, when new, harsher deportation laws went into effect, the United States has deported millions of noncitizens back to their countries of origin.

This book examines lifelong learning from different angles and follows the trajectory beginning with the expansive notion of lifelong education promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its subsequent version intended to better suit the neoliberal framework and make EU countries more competitive in the global economy.

Critical international theory has the task of providing orientation to human beings in better understanding their conditions of existence, how those conditions came to assume their contemporary characteristics, and what immanent potential they might hold for emancipatory transformation.

This collection focuses on media representations of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, defendants in the Meredith Kercher murder case.

Formal and informal institutions structure our social interactions by giving rise to normative expectations and patterns of collective behaviour.

Race is, and always has been, an explosive issue in the United States.

Thailand's politics has been contentious in recent years.

Implementing International Humanitarian Law examines the international humanitarian law rules and their application by the ad hoc tribunals with regard to the substantive laws of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal Rwanda (ICTR).

The ability to forget the violent twentieth-century past was long seen as a virtue in Spain, even a duty.

Peremptory International Legal Norms and the Democratic Rule of Law explores the risks to the democratic State inherent in the attempt to divorce the notion of democratic rule of law from respect for and adherence to peremptory international legal norms which allow for no derogation therefrom such as the prohibition of torture and inhumane treatment or punishment by the State.

This volume is a new chapter in the future history of law.

From award-winning journalist Jack Shenker, The Egyptians is the essential book about Egypt and radical politicsIn early 2011, Cairo's Tahrir Square briefly commanded the attention of the world.

There has been a considerable focus in the last few years on the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its real and potential impact on judges and lawyers.

This collection of essays addresses human rights in relation to the historical settings in which its language was drafted and adopted.

This book explores developments in international law regarding the relationship between human rights law and international humanitarian law and their coapplicability in armed conflict situations.

This book critically examines why a human rights framework would improve the wellbeing and status of young people.

This book reframes gender and education issues from a feminist and capabilities perspective through a multi-generational study of women as teachers.

Explains the persistence of violent, unaccountable policing in democratic contexts.

The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation recalls Davis' early upbringing and education on two Indian reservations.

In a troubled world where millions die at the hands of their own governments and societies, some states risk their citizens' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing states to protect helpless foreigners.

Until deep into the 20th century, empire remained a source of pride for European states and their politicians.

An in-depth look at the historic and strategic deployment of rights in political conflicts throughout the worldRights are usually viewed as defensive concepts representing mankind's highest aspirations to protect the vulnerable and uplift the downtrodden.

Explores how disability activists in the UK and Canada have transformed aspirations into legal claims in their quest for equality.

Highlights the shifting terrain in literary studies of slavery and challenges the notion of what constitutes slavery and its representation.

How do transitional democracies deal with officials who have been tainted by complicity with prior governments?

This volume takes a fresh look at the land question in India.

This volume provides state-of-the-art knowledge on xenobiotics in urban ecosystems, addressing a wide range of related issues, such as xenobiotic types and chemical composition, environmental fate, remedial approaches, regulatory policies and socioeconomic impacts.

Since its launch in 2006, WikiLeaks has rapidly grown into the most powerful and influential whistleblowing organisation ever.

This book maps various national legal responses to gender mobility, including sex and name registration, access to gender modification interventions, and anti-discrimination protection (or lack thereof) and regulations.

This edited collection brings together scholars from Canadian and international institutions to discuss educationalization, a trend in modern societies that involves transferring social responsibilities onto the school system.

The increase in the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty since the end of the Second World War shows a steady trend towards worldwide abolition of capital punishment.

The relationship between Islamic law and international human rights law has been the subject of considerable, and heated, debate in recent years.

For Christians living as a persecuted minority in the Middle East, the question of whether their allegiance should lie with their faith or with the national communities they live in is a difficult one.

This contributed volume examines the trend whereby the EU resorts ever more often to informal arrangements and deals with third countries in an effort to curb and manage migration flows towards the EU and facilitate the return of irregular migrants to their countries of origin or transit.

One of Planetizen's Top Ten Books of 2006"e;But for Birmingham,"e; Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F.

This book presents a rich collection of Betty A.

Carolin Anthes investigates how and why the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) struggles with systematically integrating a right to food approach in its operations.

In Sound the Trumpet, Lawrence J.

Das absolute Verbot der Folter, wesentlicher Bestandteil der großen internationalen Menschenrechtsverträge des 20.

Sixty years on from the signing of the Refugee Convention, forced migration and refugee movements continue to raise global concerns for hosting states and regions, for countries of origin, for humanitarian organisations on the ground, and, of course, for the refugee.

In June 2014, FAO member-states endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines).

Universality Ethics and International Relations introduces students to the key debates about ethics in international relations theory.

This book analyses the common law's approach to retroactivity.

His Majesty's Indian Allies is a study of British-Indian policy in North America from the time of the American Revolution to the end of the War of 1812, with particular focus on Canada.

The fight against corruption is now a core part of development policy and practice.

Child migration and child movement cases are now more frequent and increasingly complex.