1. | Rieter, Eva : Preventing irreparable harm, 2010 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Preventing irreparable harm : provisional measures in international human rights adjudication / Rieter, Eva - (School of human rights research series ; vol. 37), xxxix, 1200 s.. - Antwerp : Intersentia, 2010. ISBN 978-90-5095-931-5 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: PART I: SETTING INTRODUCTION: CHAPTER I: DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES BY THE ICJ AND ITLOS. CHAPTER II THE USE OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VARIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS. PART II: PURPOSE INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER III HALTING EXECUTIONS. CHAPTER IV HALTING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. CHAPTER V HALTING EXPULSION OR EXTRADITION IN NON-REFOULEMENT CASES. CHAPTER VI LOCATING AND PROTECTING DISAPPEARED PERSONS. CHAPTER VII INTERVENING IN DETENTION SITUATIONS INVOLVING RISKS TO HEALTH AND DIGNITY. CHAPTER VIII ENSURING PROCEDURAL RIGHTS TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY. CHAPTER IX PROTECTING AGAINST DEATH THREATS AND HARASSMENT. CHAPTER X PROTECTING (INDIGENOUS) CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS. CHAPTER XI HALTING MASS OR ARBITRARY EXPULSION AND FORCED EVICTION . CHAPTER XII PROVISIONAL MEASURES IN OTHER SITUATIONS. CHAPTER XIII PROTECTION. CONCLUSION. PART III: IMPACT OF THE IRREPARABLE NATURE OF THE HARM INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER XIV JURISDICTION AND ADMISSIBILITY. CHAPTER XV IMMEDIACY AND RISK. CHAPTER XVI THE LEGAL STATUS OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES IN HUMAN RIGHTS ADJUDICATION. CONCLUSION. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter; ACHPR; CAT; CEDAW; CERD; ECHR; ICCPR;
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2. | Chesterman, Simon (ed.) : Private security, public order, 2009 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Private security, public order : the outsourcing of public services and its limits / Chesterman, Simon (ed.) ; Fisher, Angelina, xiv, 247 p.. - Oxford : Oxford U. P., 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-957412-4 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Simon Chesterman & Angelina Fisher: Introduction. PART I: Accountability gaps:. 1: Michael Likosky: The privatization of violence. 2: Olivier De Schutter: The responsibility of states. 3: Angelina Fisher: Accountability to whom?. PART II: Lessons from other sectors:. 4: Daphne Barak-Erez: The privatization continuum. 5: Alfred C Aman, Jr: Private prisons and the democratic deficit. 6: Mariana Mota Prado: Regulatory choices in the privatization of infrastructure. 7: Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt: Human rights and self-regulation in the apparel industry. PART III: Limits:. 8: Jacqueline Ross: Police informants. 9: Simon Chesterman: Intelligence services. 10: Chia Lehnardt: Peacekeeping. 11: Simon Chesterman & Angelina Fisher: Conclusion: Private security, public order. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ICCPR; ICESCR; Genocide convention; UDHR;
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3. | Möller, Jakob Th. : United Nations Human Rights Committee case law 1977-2008, 2009 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph United Nations Human Rights Committee case law 1977-2008 : a handbook / Möller, Jakob Th. ; de Zayas, Alfred, xxiv, 603 p.. - Kehl am Rhein : N.P. Engel Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3-88357-144-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Jurisdiction and activities. 2. Methods of work. 3. Admissibility criteria under the optional protocol. 4. Susbstantive issues under the covenant. PART I-VII INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): Vienna convention on the law of treaties; UN charter; CAT; CEDAW; CERD; CRC; ECHR; ICCPR; ICCPR-OP; LIBRARY LOCATION: VIB-hyllan |
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4. | Xenos, Dimitris : The positive obligations of the state under the European convention of human rights, 2012 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph The positive obligations of the state under the European convention of human rights / Xenos, Dimitris - (Routledge research in human rights law), xxxiv, 231 p.. - New York : Routledge, 2012. ISBN 978-0-415-66812-5 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Contents:. 1. The Working Base. 2. The Application and Development of Positive Obligations. 3. Protection in the Absence of Interference. 4. Access Points of Domestic Implementation. 5. Summing Up INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ECHR; EU charter of fundamental rights; |
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5. | Constantinides, Aristotle (ed.) : The diversity of international law, 2009 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph The diversity of international law : essays in honour of Professor Kalliopi K. Koufa / Constantinides, Aristotle (ed.) ; Zaikos, Nikos, xliv, 674 p.. - Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff publ., 2009. ISBN 978-90-04-18039-0 LANGUAGE: ENG, FRE ABSTRACT: PART ONE:CONSTITUTIONALIZING THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM:. 1. Observations sur la consolidation des valeurs communes en droit des gens contemporain / Christian Dominice´. 2. Les re`gles d'ordre public en droit international / Constantin P. Economide`s. 3. Constitutional problems of investor-state arbitration / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann. PART TWO: ISSUES OF LAW-MAKING IN CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LAW:. 4. Multiculturalism and contemporary international law and law-making / Edward McWhinney. 5. The Security Council as legislator / Tullio Treves. 6. The participation of NGOs in the international regulatory function / Maria Clelia Ciciriello. PART THREE: PROLIFERATION OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS:. 7. Issues concerning parallel proceedings in international dispute settlement / Francisco Orrego-Vicuna. 8. The creation of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as a specialized court / Hugo Caminos. 9. Reflections on dispute settlement in the light of recent arbitrations involving Eritrea / John G. Merrills. PART FOUR: UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW WHILE COUNTERING TERRORISM:. 10. The protection of nationals abroad : Russia's use of force in Georgia / Christine Gray. 11. State sovereignty in times of terrorism / Rafael Nieto-Navia. 12. Causes worth fighting for : is there a non-state jus ad bellum? / Frederic Megret. 13. Security and human rights : balance or fear? / Pieter van Dijk. 14. Protecting human rights vis-a`-vis 'targeted' UN Security Council sanctions / Torsten Stein. 15. Targeted anti-terrorist sanctions and their implications for international law normative and institutional coherency / Pavel Sturma and Veronika Bilkova´. 16. International law, the sharia and international terrorism : a critical assessment of the role of Pakistan in the 'war on terror' / Javaid Rehman. PART SIX:INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW: ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAILURES:. 17. Prohibited discrimination in international human rights law / Dinah Shelton. 18. Freedom of expression and the protection of private life in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights : a field of tension / Christos Rozakis. 19. European human rights law and Turkey's violations in the occupied areas of Cyprus / Van Coufoudakis. 20. Beyond the duty to protect : expanding accountability and responsibilities of the state in combating human trafficking / Roza Pati. 21. The United Nations declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Siegfried Wiessner. 22. Indigenous peoples' rights to their natural resources / Erika-Irene Daes. PART SEVEN: HUMAN RIGHTS:DIVERSE CHALLENGES AHEAD:. 23. Inside/outside : women and the international human rights system / Hilary Charlesworth. 24. Harmonising the individual protection regime : some reflections on the relationship between human rights and international humanitarian law in the light of the right to life / Vera Gowlland-Debbas. 25. The viability of a convention for the protection of internally displaced persons / Fausto Pocar. 26. Les droits des victimes des actes terroristes / Emmanuel Decaux. 27. The United Nations and drug policy : towards a human rights-based approach / Damon Barrett and Manfred Nowak. PART EIGHT:DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY:. 28. La protection diplomatique : du standard minimum de traitement des e´trangers aux droits de l'homme / Mohamed Bennouna. 29. State responsibility for international crimes : a review of principles of reparation / Andre´ Nollkaemper. 30. La legitime defense a-t-elle sa place dans un code sur la responsabilite´ internationale? / Theodore Christakis and Karine Bannelier. PART NINE: CONSOLIDATING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW:. 31. Defining genocide / William Schabas. 32. Crimes against humanity in contemporary international law / Valentin Bou. 33. Restoring the rule of law : ending official elite impunity for international crimes / Jordan Paust. 34. L'exercice de la competence de la Cour penale internationale a'l'e´gard des crimes commis au Darfour / Djamchid Momtaz. PART TEN: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE GLOBAL COMMONS:. 35. De la souverainete´ a` la coope´ration : l'e´mergence d'inte´re^ts collectifs / Umberto Leanza. 36. Interet collectif, lutte contre les changements climatiques et le défi de l'universalite´ / Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Katerina Varfi. 37. The implications of the principle of sustainable development in international environmental law / Jose´ Juste-Ruiz. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ACHPR; ICESCR; ICC statute; ICCPR; UDHR; AMR; Framework convention on climate change; Kyoto protocol; Dayton peace agreement; ECHR; Geneva conventions; Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; UN trafficking protocol; Declaration on the rights of minorities; Johannes declaration of the world summit on sustainable development; |
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6. | Nowak, Manfred : Torture, 2018 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Torture : an expert's confrontation with an everyday evil / Nowak, Manfred, 199 p. - Philadephia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-8122-4991-0 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. PART I: The phenomenon of torture in the twenty-first century. 1. The incomprehensibility of torture. 2. The role of a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. 3. Independent investigation of torture: methods. 4. States' methods to impede objective investigations. 5. Are fact-finding missions dangerous?. 6. Understanding toture and ill-treatment. 7. Inhuman detention conditions: worse than torture?. 8. Is corporal punishment torture?. 9. Is capital punishment torture?. 10. Is domestic violence or female genital mutilation torture?. 11. Torture in the twenty-first century. 12. Why torture?. 13. Is there ever a justification for torture?. 14. George Bush's war on terror. 15. Torture and enforced disappearance. Part II: Torture in individual states. 16. Georgia: plea bargaining as a substitute for torture?. 17. Mongolia: dealth penalty as a state secret. 18. Nepal: "a little bit of torture helps". 19. China: rehabilitation, reeducation, or brainwashing?. 20. Jordan: general intelligence as a cradle of torture. 21. Austria: the case of Bakary Jassey. 22. Paraguay: excellent follow-up. 23. Nigeria: notorius torture chamber in Lagos. 24. Togo: successfully releasing detainees. 25. Sri Lanka: Perfect PR strategy. 26. Indonesia: three "smoking guns". 27. Denmark and Greenland: the principle of normalization. 28. Moldova: torture in the form of trafficking in women. 29. Equatorial Guinea: systematic torture as government policy. 30. Uruguay: full coperation despite appalling conditions. 31. Kazakhstan: Potemkin villages. 32. Jamaica: structural violence instead of torture. 33. Papua New Guinea: traditional structures coexist with globalization. 34. Greece: the joint asylum and migration policy of the European Union, put to the test. Conclusions. INDEX WORDS:
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