1. | Baderin, Mashood A. (ed.) : International human rights law, 2010 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph International human rights law : six decades after the UDHR and beyond / Baderin, Mashood A. (ed.) ; Ssenyonjo, Manisuli, xv, 571 p.. - Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4094-0359-3 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Contents:. Foreword, by David Harris. PART I: Introduction:. 1. Development of international human rights law before and after the UDHR, Mashood A. Baderin and Manisuli Ssenyonjo. PART II: Concepts and Norms:. 2. International human rights: universal, relative or relatively universal?, by Jack Donnelly. 3. Economic, social and cultural rights, by Manisuli Ssenyonjo. 4. Civil and political rights, by Sarah Joseph. 5. Simple analytics of the right to development, by Arjun Sengupta. 6. Right to a healthy environment in human rights law, by Jona Razzaque. 7. Right to a peaceful world order, by Nsongurua J. Udombana. 8. Minority rights 60 years after the UDHR: limits on the preservation of identity?, by Tawhida Ahmed and Anastasia Vakulenko. 9. Intellectual property rights, the right to health and the UDHR: is reconciliation possible?, by Robert L. Ostergard Jr and Shawna E. Sweeney. 10. Brave new world? Human rights in the era of globalization, by Paul O'Connell. PART III: Mechanisms and Implementation:. 11. The United Nations human rights system, by Rhona K.M. Smith. 12. The African regional human rights system, by Olufemi Amao. 13. The inter-American human rights system, by Jo M. Pasqualucci. 14. The European Convention on Human Rights, by Alastair Mowbray. 15. Human rights in the International Court of Justice, by Gentian Zyberi. 16. The role of national human rights institutions, by Rachel Murray. 17. Institutional partnership or critical seepages? The role of human rights NGOs in the United Nations, by Dianne Otto. 18. Islamic law and the implementation of international human rights law: a case study of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, by Mashood A. Baderin. 19. Towards an international court of human rights?, by Gerd Oberleitner. 20. Multi-state responsibility for extraterritorial violation of economic, social and cultural rights, by by Todd Howland. PART IV: Responsibilities and Remedies:. 21. State responsibility for human rights, by Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa. 22. State compliance with the recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, by Frans Viljoen. 23. Individual responsibility and the evolving legal status of the physical person in international human rights law, by Ilias Bantekas. 24. The International Criminal Court and individual responsibility of senior state officials for international crimes, by Manisuli Ssenyonjo. 25. The right to an effective remedy: balancing realism and aspiration, by Sonja B. Starr. 26. Protecting human rights in emergency situations: the example of the right to education, by Vernor Muñoz Villalobos. 27. Protect, respect, and remedy: the UN framework for business and human rights, by John Gerard Ruggie. PART V: 'And Beyond':. 28. A future for human rights, by Robert McCorquodale. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): Aarhus convention; ACHPR; African charter on the rights and welfare of the child; AMR; ADRD; Arab charter of human rights; CEDAW; ICESCR; CERD; CRC; ECHR; EU charter of fundamental rights; Hague convention (1907); ICCPR; Inter-American convention on prevention, punishment and eradiction of violence against women; AMR; Inter-American convention to prevent and punish torture; Inter-American convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities; Johannesburg declaration; Rio declaration; ICC statute; UDHR; UN charter;
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2. | Shelton, Dinah L. (ed.) : Human rights and the environment, 2011 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Human rights and the environment : volume I / Shelton, Dinah L. (ed.) - (Human rights law ; 2), xviii, 777 p.. - Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar publ., 2011. ISBN 978-1-84980-138-6 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: VOLUME I: Introduction Dinah L. Shelton. PART I THEORETICAL APPROACHES:. 1. Joseph L. Sax (1990), ‘The Search for Environmental Rights’. 2. James W. Nickel (1993), ‘The Human Right to a Safe Environment: Philosophical Perspectives on Its Scope and Justification’. 3. Günther Handl (1992), ‘Human Rights and Protection of the Environment: A Mildly ‘Revisionist’ View’. 4. Sumudu Atapattu (2002), ‘The Right to a Healthy Life or the Right to Die Polluted?: The Emergence of a Human Right to a Healthy Environment Under International Law’. 5. Alan Boyle (2007), ‘Human Rights or Environmental Rights? A Reassessment’. 6. Roda Mushkat (2009), ‘Contextualizing Environmental Human Rights: A Relativist Perspective’. 7. Hari M. Osofsky (2005), ‘Learning from Environmental Justice: A New Model for International Environmental Rights’. 8. Richard P. Hiskes (2005), ‘The Right to a Green Future: Human Rights, Environmentalism, and Intergenerational Justice’. 9. James R. May (2006), ‘Constituting Fundamental Environmental Rights Worldwide’. 10. Prudence E. Taylor (1998), ‘From Environmental to Ecological Human Rights: A New Dynamic in International Law?’. PART II SPECIFIC ISSUES AND PROBLEMS:. 11. Malgosia Fitzmaurice (2007), ‘The Human Right to Water’. 12. Paul L. Joffe (2009), ‘Conscience and Interest: Law, Rights, and Politics in the Struggle to Confront Climate Change and the New Poverty’. 13. Marc Limon (2009), ‘Human Rights and Climate Change: Constructing a Case for Political Action’. 14. Cyril Uchenna Gwam (2002), ‘Adverse Effects of the Illicit Movement and Dumping of Hazardous, Toxic, and Dangerous Wastes and Products on the Enjoyment of Human Rights’. 15. Michael N. Schmitt (2000), ‘Humanitarian Law and the Environment’. 16. Christopher Tracy (1994), ‘The Roots of Influence: Nongovernmental Organizations and the Relationship Between Human Rights and the Environment’. 17. Daniel Barstow Magraw and Lauren Baker (2007), ‘Globalization, Communities and Human Rights: Community-Based Property Rights and Prior Informed Consent’. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): Stockholm declaration; ICESCR-16; CRC-24; Convention concerning indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries (ILO convention no. 169); ACHPR-24; Rio declaration; Protocol of San Salvador; European charter on environment and health; Aarhus convention; ECHR; ICESCR; ICCPR-19, UDHR; Framework convention on climate change; Basel convention; |
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3. | Atapattu, Sumudu : Human rights approaches to climate change, 2016 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Human rights approaches to climate change : challenges and opportunities / Atapattu, Sumudu, xxiii, 324 p. - London : Routledge, 2016. ISBN 978-415-72709-9 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. International legal framework governing climate change: a human rights assessment. 2. Human rights approaches to environmental protection. 3. Climate change and human rights: a justice issue?. 4. International environmental law principles and climate change: a rights and justice assessment. 5. Mitigation and adaptation through a human rights lens. 6. Climate-related migration and "climate refugees". 7. Forests, REDD and indigenous peoples. 8. Women, climate change and inequality. 9. Small island states and their people. 10. Extreme weather events, access to resources and conflict: implications for international peace and security. 11. Adjudicating climate change and human rights law. 12. Climate change and human rights: square pegs in round holes?. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): Framework convention on climate change |
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4. | Leijten, Ingrid : Core socio-economic rights and the European Court of Human Rights, 2018 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Core socio-economic rights and the European Court of Human Rights / Leijten, Ingrid - (Cambridge studies in European law and policy), 329 p. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-107-19847-0 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. Introduction: reasoning individual rights. 1. The ECHR and socio-economic rights protection. 2. Making sense of the ECtHR's socio-economic protection. 3. The stages of fundamental rights adjudication. 4. Core rights as limits to limitations. 5. Minimum cores and the scope of fundamental rights. 6. Core socio-economic content. 7. A core rights perspective for the ECtHR. 8. Core socio-economic rights in the case law of the ECtHR. Conclusion: fit and future INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ECHR; CESCR |