International Human Rights Law

The EU prides itself on having created a legal system that puts the individual at its centre. Individuals benefit from a broad range of fundamental...

How can we better protect survivors? How can we learn from their stories without causing further harm? With a pen in one hand and watercolours in t...

Decisions of international courts and arbitrators, as well as judgments of national courts, are fundamental elements of modern public international...

Combining perspectives from law and the social sciences, this book provides an account of the origins and evolution of six regional human rights co...

Combining perspectives from law and the social sciences, this book provides an account of the origins and evolution of six regional human rights co...

The freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This raises the thorny q...

This major study examines the successes and failures of the full transitional justice programme in Sierra Leone. It sets out the implications of th...

At the core of all societies and economies are human beings deploying their energies and talents in productive activities - that is, at work. The l...

How domestic courts in newly democratized states become willing and able to enforce international human rights law When do domestic courts protect ...

Brice on Maritime Law of Salvage provides comprehensive coverage of the law relating to marine salvage operations, reflecting the worldwide scope o...

In the last six decades, one of the most striking developments in international law is the emergence of a massive body of legal norms and procedure...

Decisions of international courts and arbitrators, as well as judgments of national courts, are fundamental elements of modern public international...

The book considers the genealogy of the term gender identity and its entrance and development in international human rights law. Going against the ...

There is an urgent need to analyze and assess how we prevent torture, against the background of a rigorous analysis of the factors that condition a...

The Right to Life under International Law offers the first-ever comprehensive treatment under international law of the foundational human right to ...

Mechanisms for individuals to bring claims under international law have become increasingly common in recent decades, particularly in human rights ...

How laws are created, shaped, and applied is a significant but often overlooked component of studies on armed conflict. Almost every contentious le...

This book explores the concept of civic stratification and examines its contemporary relevance for analysis and understanding of the functioning of...

This book provides a definitive account of the creation and rise of the international Indigenous Peoples movement.In the late 1970s, motivated by t...

This book provides a definitive account of the creation and rise of the international Indigenous Peoples movement.In the late 1970s, motivated by t...

The question of what constitutes an armed conflict has featured prominently in international law debates. However, international lawyers have paid ...