Gender-Sensitive Norm Interpretation by Regional Human Rights Law Systems

Gender-Sensitive Norm Interpretation by Regional Human Rights Law Systems
Author: Maria Sjöholm
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 775
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004343571

In Gender-Sensitive Norm Interpretation by Regional Human Rights Law Systems Maria Sjöholm examines the jurisprudence on gender-based harm in the European, Inter-American and African regional human rights law systems from the viewpoint of feminist legal methods and theories. By offering indicators relevant for gender-sensitive norm interpretation, Maria Sjöholm identifies inconsistencies in the current regional legal frameworks with regard to the protection of women concerning such violations as domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual violence, forced sterilization and restrictions on other reproductive rights. The book offers an in-depth account not only of the manner in which such harm has been recognized through integration in general human rights law treaties, but also the categorization of such as particular human rights norms by regional human rights courts and commissions.

Making Human Rights a Reality

Making Human Rights a Reality
Author: Emilie Hafner-Burton
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2013-03-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0691155364

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-265) and index.

Human Rights Protection for Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, and Internally Displaced Persons: A Guide to International Mechanisms and Procedures

Human Rights Protection for Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, and Internally Displaced Persons: A Guide to International Mechanisms and Procedures
Author: Joan Fitzpatrick
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2021-11-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004480579

This volume provides a detailed and concrete analysis of how human rights complaints mechanisms can be accessed by refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons. The guide offers a thorough explanation of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, with a focus upon the four committees authorized to receive communications from individuals. Detailed information is provided concerning procedural requirements, while the treaties are analyzed for their relevance to the forcibly displaced. United Nations mechanisms are also examined, with an emphasis on the thematic and country special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights. Published under the auspices of the Procedual Aspects of International Law Institute (PAIL). For more information about PAIL please go to pail-institute.org . Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Enforced Disappearances in International Human Rights

Enforced Disappearances in International Human Rights
Author: María Fernanda Pérez Solla
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2006-03-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0786423250

It was from Argentina, in the years 1976 to 1983, that the world heard the cries of the families of los desaparecidos, the disappeared--20,000 to 30,000 people made to vanish forever by official sleight of hand. In the years since, the scope and range of governmentally sanctioned kidnappings has spread exponentially, making enforced disappearances a truly global problem. This volume provides an in-depth legal investigation of involuntary disappearances as defined by national and international law. Beginning with a detailed discussion of what constitutes an enforced disappearance, it goes on to consider how various international organizations such as the United Nations view this problem. Using the Multiple Rights Approach, enforced disappearances are examined as a violation of internationally defined basic rights such as the right to personal freedom, the right to protection against torture and the right to a judicial remedy. Viewpoints of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the European System of Protection are scrutinized with special consideration regarding the international laws applicable to the problem. The availability (or lack thereof) of restitution and compensation for material damage, mental and physical anguish, and loss of opportunity is also addressed. Finally, the work considers the need for a comprehensive and coherent framework when dealing with enforced disappearances.

Macedonian Political Science Journal Vol 6

Macedonian Political Science Journal Vol 6
Author:
Publisher: Macedonian Political Science Forum
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2016-02-08
Genre: Art
ISBN:

MPSeJ is a leading international open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on critical issues in policy theory, law, international relations, political economy and practice at the local, national and international levels.

Armed Non-State Actors in International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law

Armed Non-State Actors in International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law
Author: Konstantinos Mastorodimos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1134800614

The accountability of armed non-state actors is a neglected field of international law, overtaken by the regimes of state responsibility and individual criminal accountability as well as fears of legitimacy. Yet armed non-state actors are important players in the international arena and their activities have significant repercussions. This book focuses on their obligations and accountability when they do not function as state agents, regardless of the existence or extent of accountability of their individual members. The author claims that their distinct features lead to their classification into three different types: de facto entities, armed non-state actors in control of territory, and common article 3 armed non-state actors. The mechanisms that trigger the applicability of humanitarian and human rights law regimes are examined in detail as well as the framework of obligations. In both cases, the author argues that armed non-state actors should not be treated as entering international law and process exclusively through the state. The study concludes by focussing on their accountability in international humanitarian and human rights law and, more specifically, to the rules of attribution, remedies and reparations for violations of their primary obligations.

A Global History of Anti-Slavery Politics in the Nineteenth Century

A Global History of Anti-Slavery Politics in the Nineteenth Century
Author: W. Mulligan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2013-05-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 113703260X

The abolition of slavery across large parts of the world was one of the most significant transformations in the nineteenth century, shaping economies, societies, and political institutions. This book shows how the international context was essential in shaping the abolition of slavery.

Defining Human Trafficking and Identifying Its Victims

Defining Human Trafficking and Identifying Its Victims
Author: Venla Roth
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2011-12-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004209247

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal framework against trafficking in human beings and examines why anti-trafficking strategies and activities have proved to be more ineffective and unsuccessful than anticipated on the international level and specifically in Finland.

Federalism Vis a Vis the Right to Freedom of Movement and Residence

Federalism Vis a Vis the Right to Freedom of Movement and Residence
Author: Yonas Girma Adimassu
Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2015-08-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3954899639

Abstract The FDRE constitution has established ethnic federal arrangement in one hand and incorporates everyone’s right to freedom of movement and residence everywhere within Ethiopian territory on the other. Besides this, ethnic self determination has established as a cornerstone of the federal system. But, there is no any single study has conducted to look at the practical serene coexistence of Ethiopian federal system and the right to freedom of movement and residence. Thus, the main issue addressed in this paper is whether the federal system has implemented properly in congruent with the right to freedom of movement and residence of individuals in Ethiopia. The thesis has also tried to explore whether the institutions put in place to safeguard the right to freedom of movement and residence has worked efficiently and effectively by way of giving the required remedy in case of violation. In doing so the writer has analyzed cases with integrating interview responses as well as explores other countries experiences. After conducting serious analysis, the writer has, eventually, reached to the following findings: ethnic federal setup of Ethiopia has practically negative implication on the right to freedom of movement and residence; ethnic based political parties are also responsible for the violation due to their contribution to the increasing ethnic consciousness of the society. Governmental safeguard institutions are not properly safeguarding this right from the pitfall of Ethiopian ethnic federal system; Misuse of ethnicity for political game by the ruling EPRDF party has aggravated the impact of ethnic federal system on the violation of such freedom.