International Human Rights Law

In this book, Stone Sweet and Ryan provide an accessible introduction to Kantian constitutional theory and the law and politics of European rights ...

This Commentary provides an article-by-article summary of the TEU, the TFEU, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, offering a quick reference to t...

This treatise is a detailed article-by-article examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Each...

The European Court of Human Rights, by Angelika Nussberger is the first title in a new series, The Elements of International Law. Providing a fresh...

Doctrine, Practice and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System is the first casebook to focus on the Inter-American human rights system,...

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is the principle regional human rights treaty for the African continent. Adopted in 1981, ...

How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the UN appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it? I...

Issues of the war that have provoked public controversy and legal debate over the last two years--the Cambodian invasion of May-June 1970, the disc...

Should international law be concerned with offence to religions and their followers? Even before the 2005 publication of the Danish Mohammed cartoo...

While almost everyone has heard of human rights, few will have reflected in depth on what human rights are, where they originate from and what they...

The United Nations estimates that four billion people worldwide live outside the protection of the law. These people can be driven from their land,...

When the oral history of a medicinal plant as a genetic resource is used to develop a blockbuster drug, how is the contribution of indigenous peopl...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was the first and most celebrated of a wave of international criminal tribunal...

The rights of victims to truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-repetition when businesses are involved in past and present abuses are s...

The families of the disappeared have long struggled to uncover the truth about their missing relatives. In so doing, their mobilization has shaped ...

A great deal of contemporary law has a direct connection to the Holocaust. That connection, however, is seldom acknowledged in legal texts and has ...

Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging ga...

While the legal systems of the United Kingdom and Germany differ in essential respects, the current process of 'constitutionalisation' is well reco...

This book continues the themes addressed by its two predecessors in this mini-series by examining the role of the principle of the welfare interest...

The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. A gripping, suspenseful and...

This research aims to appraise the impact of the concepts of Sovereignty, Self-determination and Human rights on the State and examines whether the...

A look at the duty of nations to protect human rights beyond borders, why it has failed in practice, and what can be done about itThe idea that sta...

Famine is an age-old scourge that almost disappeared in our lifetime. Between 2000 and 2011 there were no famines and deaths in humanitarian emerge...

How relevant is the concept of war today? This book examines how notions about war continue to influence how we conceive rights and obligations in ...

How relevant is the concept of war today? This book examines how notions about war continue to influence how we conceive rights and obligations in ...

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of international human rights issues, offering truly international coverage including the Global S...

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of international human rights issues, offering truly international coverage including the Global S...

Imagine being physically denied access to your office, business or livelihood. Imagine being refused entry to a shop or being told who you can or c...

Many Christians are forced by persecution to become refugees far from home, and they face immense challenges. Churches are increasingly providing s...

The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. ''A gripping, suspenseful...

Although the relationship between international human rights law and the law of armed conflict has been the subject of significant recent academic ...

Property as a human rights concern is manifested through its incorporation in international instruments and as a subject of the law through propert...

Brownlie's Documents on Human Rights provides an extensive collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, accompanied by authori...

Many infrastructure projects around the world are funded through the project finance method, which combines private financing with public sector ba...

Ideas of collective responsibility challenge the doctrine of individual responsibility that is the dominant paradigm in law and liberal political t...