The Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations

The Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations
Author: Mark Gibney
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2021-12-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000466132

The Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations brings international scholarship on transnational human rights obligations into a comprehensive and wide-ranging volume. Each chapter combines a thorough analysis of a particular issue area and provides a forward-looking perspective of how extraterritorial human rights obligations (ETOs) might come to be more fully recognized, outlining shortcomings but also best state practices. It builds insights gained from state practice to identify gaps in the literature and points to future avenues of inquiry. The Handbook is organized into seven thematic parts: conceptualization and theoretical foundations; enforcement; migration and refugee protection; financial assistance and sanctions; finance, investment and trade; peace and security; and environment. Chapters summarize the cutting edge of current knowledge on key topics as leading experts critically reflect on ETOs, and, where appropriate, engage with the Maastricht Principles to critically evaluate their value 10 years after their adoption. The Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations is an authoritative and essential reference text for scholars and students of human rights and human rights law, and more broadly, of international law and international relations as well as to those working in international economic law, development studies, peace and conflict studies, environmental law and migration. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights

Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights
Author: Stéphanie Lagoutte
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2016
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198791402

Building on a thorough analysis of relevant case studies, this volume systematically explores the roles of soft law in both established and emerging human rights regimes.

The Positive Obligations of the State Under the European Convention of Human Rights

The Positive Obligations of the State Under the European Convention of Human Rights
Author: Dimitris Xenos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0415668123

The system of the European Convention of Human Rights imposes positive obligations on the state to guarantee human rights in circumstances where state agents dot not directly interfere. In addition to the traditional/liberal negative obligation of non-interference, the state must actively protect the human rights of individuals residing within its jurisdiction. The liability of the state in terms of positive obligations induces a freestanding imperative of human rights that changes fundamentally the perception of the role of the state and the participatory ability of the individual, who can now assert their human rights in all circumstances in which they are relevant. In that regard, positive obligations herald the most advanced review of the state's business ever attempted in international law. The book undertakes a comprehensive study of positive obligations: from establishing the legitimacy of positive obligations within the system of the Convention to their practical implementation at the national level. Analysing in depth legal principles that pervade the whole system of the Convention, a coherent methodological framework of critical stages and parameters is provided to determine the content of positive obligations in a consistent, predictable and realistic manner. This study of the Convention explains and critically analyses the state's positive obligations, as imposed by the European Court of Human Rights, and sets out original proposals for their future development. The book will be of interest to those who study, research or practice public law, civil rights and liberties or international/European human rights law.

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law
Author: Dinah Shelton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1077
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199640130

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides an authoritative and original overview of one of the key branches of international law. Forty contributors comprehensively analyse the role of human rights in international law from a global perspective, examining its origins and principles, and measuring its impact on the world.

Litigating Transnational Human Rights Obligations

Litigating Transnational Human Rights Obligations
Author: Mark Gibney
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2013-10-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1135121052

Human rights have traditionally been framed in a vertical perspective with the duties of States confined to their own citizens or residents. Obligations beyond this territorial space have been viewed as either being absent or minimalistic at best. However, the territorial paradigm has now been seriously challenged in recent years in part because of the increasing awareness of the ability of States and other actors to impact human rights far from home both positively and negatively. In response to this awareness various legal principles have come into existence setting out some transnational human rights obligations of varying degrees. However, notwithstanding these initiatives, judicial institutions and monitoring bodies continue to show an enormous hesitancy in moving beyond a territorial reading of international human rights law. This book addresses the issue in an innovative and challenging way by crafting legally sound hypothetical "judgments" from a number of adjudicatory fora. The judgments are based on real world situations where extraterritorial or transnational issues have emerged, and draw on existing international human rights law, albeit a progressive interpretation of this law. The book shows that there are a number of judicial and quasi-judicial systems where transnational human rights claims can, and should be enforced. These include: the World Trade Organization; the International Court of Justice; the regional human rights monitoring bodies; domestic courts; and the UN treaty bodies. Each hypothetical judgment is accompanied by detailed commentary placing it in context in order to show how international human rights law can address issues of a transnational character. The book will be of interest to human scholars and lawyers, practitioners, activists and aid officials.

Human Rights in a Positive State

Human Rights in a Positive State
Author: Laurens Lavrysen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2016
Genre: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
ISBN: 9781780684253

Adaptation of the author's Ph.D. thesis--Ghent University, 2016.

EDITED BOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTS & STATE OBLIGATIONS

EDITED BOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTS & STATE OBLIGATIONS
Author: Dr. K. SELVAKUMAR
Publisher: Institute of Legal Education
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2023-07-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 8196038437

ILE Publication House is a publication department of Institute of Legal Education. It furthers the ILE’s objective of excellence in research and publication. Institute of Legal Education is the Largest Academic Publisher with 104 National and International Journals.

Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights

Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Author: Surya Deva
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2017-10-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107199115

This book provides a sustained treatment of the politico-legal context and content of a proposed business and human rights treaty.

Hypocrisy and Human Rights

Hypocrisy and Human Rights
Author: Kate Cronin-Furman
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2022-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1501767151

Hypocrisy and Human Rights examines what human rights pressure does when it does not work. Repressive states with absolutely no intention of complying with their human rights obligations often change course dramatically in response to international pressure. They create toothless commissions, permit but then obstruct international observers' visits, and pass showpiece legislation while simultaneously bolstering their repressive capacity. Covering debates over transitional justice in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other countries, Kate Cronin-Furman investigates the diverse ways in which repressive states respond to calls for justice from human rights advocates, UN officials, and Western governments who add their voices to the victims of mass atrocities to demand accountability. She argues that although international pressure cannot elicit compliance in the absence of domestic motivations to comply, the complexity of the international system means that there are multiple audiences for both human rights behavior and advocacy and that pressure can produce valuable results through indirect paths.