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The UN Human Rights Council
Since its establishment the work of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been subject to many interpretations, theories, comments or conclusions. This comprehensive book dissects every aspect of the UNHRC’s work and analyses the efficiency of, and interactions between, its mechanisms. Authored by the first Secretary of the UNHRC, this book provides unique practitioner insights into the complex decision making processes of the Council alongside the core variations from its predecessor.
The Roles and Functions of Atrocity-Related United Nations Commissions of Inquiry in the International Legal Order
In The Roles and Functions of Atrocity-Related United Nations Commissions of Inquiry in the International Legal Order, Catherine Harwood explores how United Nations inquiries navigate considerations of principle and pragmatism to discern their identity in the international legal order.
The Law of International Humanitarian Relief in Non-International Armed Conflicts
This first book-length treatment of the law of international humanitarian relief in non-international armed conflicts examines the rights and duties of fighting parties and international humanitarian relief actors and provides practical guidance for frontline humanitarian negotiators and legal professionals.
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Economic, social, and cultural rights are protected by an international covenant, recently amended by the optional protocol which allows individuals to bring rights violations before a UN committee. This book addresses how successfully these rights are implemented and safeguarded worldwide, assessing the key challenges to their protection.
International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy
This incisive book provides an unparalleled insight into the ways in which international human rights law functions in a real world context across cultural, religious and geopolitical divides. Written by a professor, former ambassador and international judge, the book demonstrates how power, diplomacy, tactics and processes operate within the human rights system from the perspective of a non-Western insider with more than three decades’ experience in the field.
Religious Actors and International Law
This book assesses whether a new category of actors-religious actors-has been constructed within international law. Religious actors, through their interpretations of the religion(s) they are associated with, uphold and promote, or indeed may transform, potentially oppressive structures or discriminatory patterns. This study moves beyond the concern that religious texts and practices may be incompatible with international law, to provide an innovative analysis of how religious actors themselves are accountable under international law for the interpretations they choose to put forward. The book defines religious actors as comprising religious states, international organizations, and non-state...
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Armed Conflict
In times of armed conflict the protection of human rights often slips down the list of a state's priorities. This is particularly the case for those rights concerned with people's economic, social, and cultural needs. This book studies how those rights are impacted by armed conflict, which derogations apply, and how they can be better protected.
Weapons Under International Human Rights Law
This book focuses on how human rights would regulate non-lethal weapons through the growing interplay between humanitarian law and human rights law.
