Human rights, civil rights

Existing international law is capable to govern the "e;war on terror"e; also in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

From the squares of Spain to indigenous land in Canada, protest camps are a tactic used around the world.

Based on unique empirical research into Colombia's Santos-FARC-EP peace process (2012-2016), this book interrogates how, if at all, survivors and victims may assert agency and contribute to formal peacemaking and transitional justice initiatives.

Since the 1991-2002 civil conflict ended in Sierra Leone, the country has failed to translate the accomplishments of women's involvement in bringing the war to an end into meaningful political empowerment.

For years, American states have tinkered with the machinery of death, seeking to align capital punishment with evolving social standards and public will.

In 2016, the president-elect of the United States openly called for segregation and deportation based on race and religion.

Issues of universal human rights are critically important topics in education today.

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is the principle regional human rights treaty for the African continent.

A groundbreaking interpretation of the intellectual origins of the United NationsNo Enchanted Palace traces the origins and early development of the United Nations, one of the most influential yet perhaps least understood organizations active in the world today.

A compelling and readable narrative history, How Long?

This book examines notions of procedural fairness applicable to truth commissions.

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status.

An empirically rich and conceptually informed study of the politics of transitional justice in post-communist Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

This book presents evidence that children are the real experts of their lives.

Nonie Darwish lived for thirty years in a majority Muslim nation.

Today, Western intervention is a ubiquitous feature of violent conflict in Africa.

This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states, companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital age.

Presents critical and forcefully argued debate between two moral philosophers, setting out strong cases on both sides of the argument.

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society focuses on law and the liberal state; presenting an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to analysis of law and liberty.

This new and updated edition of David Chandler's acclaimed book takes a critical look at the way in which human rights issues have been brought to the fore in international affairs.

A multidisciplinary exploration of the concept of human dignity in relation to a range of questions, topics, contexts and cultures.

Why is it so much harder for American same-sex couples to get married than it is for them to adopt children?

Frauenhandel wird in den letzten zehn Jahren zunehmend als Verletzung der Menschenrechte angesehen und von zahlreichen Akteuren auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene bekämpft.

Adherence to basic human rights norms has become an expected feature of states throughout the world.

This book examines the relationship between human rights and religiosity.

This book investigates whether democracy reduces state repression.

While the 1960s marked a rights revolution in the United States, the subsequent decades have witnessed a rights revolution around the globe, a revolution that for many is a sign of the advancement of democracy.

Explores criteria determining the international responsibility of member states for failure to protect human rights in international financial institutions.

Bourgeois Radicals explores the NAACP''s key role in the liberation of Africans and Asians across the globe even as it fought Jim Crow at home.

In the aftermath of a civil war, former enemies are left living side by sideand often the enemy is a son-in-law, a godfather, an old schoolmate, or the community that lies just across the valley.

Critically analyses how institutional actors interact on the international scene in the control and management of migration in the Mediterranean.

Champagne and his distinguished coauthors reveal how the structure of a multinational state has the potential to create more equal and just national communities for Native peoples around the globe.

This book examines how urban agriculture (UA) is valued in the sustainable city.

This book provides a unique perspective on addressing issues of various forms of violence against children from scholars within their own country.

The primary purpose of this book is to demonstrate the scope that already exists for using international human rights law in English courts, regardless of its status as 'incorporated' or 'unincorporated'.

Your God is too small--way too small!

Christina Ulbricht untersucht, wie Jugendliche auf unterschiedliche Bildungsangebote zu NS-Verbrechen und Holocaust reagieren.

Using previously classified documents and original interviews, The Other Alliance examines the channels of cooperation between American and West German student movements throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and the reactions these relationships provoked from the U.

The Quakers in America is a multifaceted history of the Religious Society of Friends and a fascinating study of its culture and controversies today.

This book challenges the idea that the Rule of Law is still a universal European value given its relatively rapid deterioration in Hungary and Poland, and the apparent inability of the European institutions to adequately address the illiberalization of these Member States.

This book explores the challenges that international law faces in curtailing human rights violations arising from mineral exploitation.

Take action to promote social justice with help from this practical guideSocial justice is about uplifting and empowering underserved and marginalized communities impacted by systems of oppression.

This book proposes an interdisciplinary methodology for developing an intercultural use of law so as to include cultural differences and their protection within legal discourse; this is based on an analysis of the sensory grammar tacitly included in categorizations.

Is it possible to achieve cybersecurity while safeguarding the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection?

Das humanitäre, menschenrechtsbezogene Völkerrecht der Moderne ist als Antwort auf Erfahrungen von Krieg und entgrenzte Gewalt entstanden.

Faith in Rights explores why and how Christian nongovernmental organizations conduct human rights work at the United Nations.

This book analyses the European border at Lampedusa as a metaphor for visible and invisible powers that impinge on relations between Europe and Africa/Asia.

The Law of Interrogations and Confessions traces the evolution of the primary approaches that U.