International Human Rights Law

This collection investigates the conflictual relationship between the Islamic world and Western civilization, looking at its history as key to unde...

This book shines a light on the still unexplored relationships between federalism and disability rights. It investigates how the UN Convention on t...

The fifth volume of the Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law (BYEIL) discusses diverse and actual legal topics of international and co...

Dieser open access Band beschäftigt sich mit völkerrechtlichen Aspekten des russischen Angriffskriegs auf die Ukraine. Drei Fragen stehen dabei im ...

Gender and Rights presents twenty five essays by leading international scholars and advocates the relationship between rights and gender inequality...

This textbook presents a range of classical philosophical approaches in order to show that they are unsuitable as a foundation for human rights. On...

Routledge QandAs give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exa...

This title was first published in 2003.Justice, Humanity and the New World Order offers a refreshing analysis of current jurisprudential concerns r...

The legitimacy and performance of the traditional criminal justice system is the subject of intense scrutiny as the world economic crisis continues...

This edited collection gathers together the principal findings of the three-year RELIGARE project, which dealt with the question of religious and p...

This book investigates how and why the criminal law differentiates between different types of body alterations, with particular reference to how th...

This book addresses womens rights to work and motherhood in Libya from a legal and international human rights perspective. In an attempt to solve t...

Based on original research and personal encounters, this book narrates the real-life-stories of women locked up in Indian prisons for alleged or ac...

Human Rights and the Body is a response to the crisis in human rights, to the very real concern that without a secure foundation for the concept of...

This volume analyses current debates concerning problems in the nature, justification, and legal protection of human rights for minorities, with re...

Health law and policy in Nigeria is an evolving and complex field of law, spanning a broad legal landscape and drawn from various sources. In addr...

Tracing the development of international humanitarian law especially since World War II, this volume focuses on the role of the international commu...

This title was first published in 2000: An investigation of how the claims of minority groups for greater political power through 'autonomy' and 's...

Although nomadic peoples are scattered worldwide and have highly heterogeneous lifestyles, they face similar threats to their mobile livelihood and...

This title was first published in 2002.This book offers an intriguing examination of the law concerning liability for psychiatric injury suffered b...

Violence and Gender in the Globalized World expands the critical picture of gender and violence in the age of globalization by introducing a variet...

This volume explores the factors that give rise to the number of people seeking asylum and examines the barriers they currently and will continue t...

This title was first published in 2003. The authors of the essays in this collection, all internationally recognised refugee scholars and practitio...

This title was first published in 2002.This original text studies the UN system for the maintenance of international peace and security in the face...

This title was first published in 2002. Was the bombing of Belgrade morally justified as an attempt to halt 'ethnic cleansing' in Kosovo'? Should W...

This title was first published in 2001: This book brings together the experiences of a diverse range of leading human rights advocates and activist...

This title was first published in 2001. This work is a uniquely multi-disciplinary contribution to the existing bioethical literature on the topic ...

This book provides a vital and original investigation into, and critique of, the situation facing the realisation of the childs right to play. The ...

This volume deals with the manifold ways in which histories are debated and indeed historicity and historiography themselves are interrogated via t...

Genocide is both the gravest of crimes under international law and the ultimate violation of human rights. Recent years have seen major legal and p...

This book argues that the effectiveness of the state apparatus is one of the crucial variables determining human rights conditions, and that state ...

This book analyzes the promotion and protection of freedom of religion in the international arena with a particular focus on the role and influence...

Originally published in 2004. The book examines the possibility of resolving past and continuing social injustices that are rooted in colonial or s...

This volume features a selection of the best scholarship on international law as it is relevant to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction...

The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with ...

This book examines discourses of rights and practices of resistance in post-conflict societies, exploring the interaction between the international...