Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions For Human Rights

Author : Nina Reiners
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108845541
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions for Human Rights written by Nina Reiners and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how expert bodies and non-state empowered professionals come together to shape human rights law.

Author : Lauren Fielder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317006828
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnational Legal Processes and Human Rights written by Lauren Fielder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is becoming increasingly common for human rights norms to be transferred between legal and political systems and this book is a fresh approach to the intersection of transnational law and the protection of cultural difference beyond the single state border. It investigates how the construction and evolution of human rights norms are transferred in transnational legal settings and asks whether law should reflect, express or control any given aspect of culture. The chapters explore the ways that law and cultural identity may or may not co-exist, particularly in circumstances where a prima facie clash is observed. Examining legal approaches to cultural differences from a comparative perspective and across a wide range of locations, the book covers topics such as juvenile punishment, religious defamation, religious rights and conflict between industry and indigenous communities. It will be of value to those working in the areas of transnational and comparative law, as well as those concerned with human rights and the intersection of law and cultural difference.

Author : Emilie M. Hafner-Burton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400846285
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Human Rights a Reality written by Emilie M. Hafner-Burton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last six decades, one of the most striking developments in international law is the emergence of a massive body of legal norms and procedures aimed at protecting human rights. In many countries, though, there is little relationship between international law and the actual protection of human rights on the ground. Making Human Rights a Reality takes a fresh look at why it's been so hard for international law to have much impact in parts of the world where human rights are most at risk. Emilie Hafner-Burton argues that more progress is possible if human rights promoters work strategically with the group of states that have dedicated resources to human rights protection. These human rights "stewards" can focus their resources on places where the tangible benefits to human rights are greatest. Success will require setting priorities as well as engaging local stakeholders such as nongovernmental organizations and national human rights institutions. To date, promoters of international human rights law have relied too heavily on setting universal goals and procedures and not enough on assessing what actually works and setting priorities. Hafner-Burton illustrates how, with a different strategy, human rights stewards can make international law more effective and also safeguard human rights for more of the world population.

Author : Ezgi Yildiz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198877846
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Many Paths of Change in International Law written by Ezgi Yildiz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does international law change? How does it adapt to meet global challenges in a volatile social and political context? The Many Paths of Change in International Law offers fresh, theoretically informed, and empirically rich answers to these questions. It traces drivers, conditions, and consequences of change across the different fields of international law and paints a complex and varied picture very much in contrast with the relatively static imagery prevalent in many accounts today. Drawing on inspirations from international law, international relations, sociology, and legal theory, this book explores how international law changes through means other than treaty-making. Highlighting the social dynamics through which different areas and institutional contexts have generated their own pathways, it presents a theoretical framework for tracing change processes and the conditions that affect their success. Based on this framework, each contribution illuminates the paths of change we observe in contemporary international law. The explorations centre on strategies, forms, forces, and social contexts and draw on primary source material and in-depth case studies. Overall, the volume offers a fascinating account of an international legal order in flux-with a dynamic not captured through traditional doctrinal lenses-and helps situate change processes and their varied implications in international law and politics. A relevant book for everyone wanting to understand change and its consequences in international law. This is an open access title. It is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence. It is available to read and download as a PDF version on the Oxford Academic platform.

Author : José E. Alvarez
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197751873
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Property Rights Under CEDAW written by José E. Alvarez and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 40 years, the leading international treaty body on women's rights, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (the CEDAW Committee), has been generating jurisprudence interpreting CEDAW's obligations that states protect the equal rights of women. This book concludes that CEDAW's re-engendering of property--although a flawed and evolving work in progress--has the potential to be transformative for the half of the planet who is more likely to be treated as property than to have any.

Author : Frederick Cowell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1512823325
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defensive Relativism written by Frederick Cowell and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defensive Relativism describes how governments around the world use cultural relativism in legal argument to oppose international human rights law. Defensive relativist arguments appear in international courts, at the committees established by human rights treaties, and at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The aim of defensive relativist arguments is to exempt a state from having to apply international human rights law, or to stop international human rights law evolving, because it would interfere with cultural traditions the state deems important. It is an everyday occurrence in international human rights law and defensive relativist arguments can be used by various types of states. The end goal of defensive relativism is to allow a state to appear human rights compliant while at the same time not implementing international human rights law. Drawing on a range of materials, such as state reports on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and cases from the European Court of Human Rights involving freedom of religion, this book provides a definitive survey of defensive relativism. Crucially, Frederick Cowell argues, defensive relativism is not about alternative practices of human rights law, or debates about the origins or legitimacy of human rights as a concept. Defensive relativism is instead a variety of tactical argument used by states to justify ignoring international human rights law. Yet, as Cowell concludes, defensive relativism can’t be removed from the law, as it is a reflection of unresolved tensions about the nature of what it means for rights to be universal.

Author : Alistair D. Edgar
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800884931
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Governance in International Organizations written by Alistair D. Edgar and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Required for peace and security, economic governance, sustainable development and humanitarian support, International Organisations (IOs) are central to the structure of global governance. Introducing the importance of governance in IOs, this Handbook addresses the collective challenges and synthesises the expertise of global or regional representativeness for international cooperation.

Author : Felipe Gómez Isa
Publisher : Universidad de Deusto
ISBN 13 : 8498308135
Total Pages : 974 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Human Rights Law in a Global Context written by Felipe Gómez Isa and published by Universidad de Deusto. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international human rights system remains as dynamic as ever. If at the end of the last century there was a sense that the normative and institutional development of the system had been completed and that the emphasis should shift to issues of implementation, nothing of the sort occurred. Even over the last few years significant changes happened, as this book amply demonstrates. We hope that this Manual makes a contribution to the development of International Human Rights Law and is of interest for those working in the field of promotion and protection of human rights. The book is the result of a joint project under the auspices of HumanitarianNet, a Thematic Network led by the University of Deusto, and the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC, Venice).

Author : Peer Zumbansen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108490263
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Many Lives of Transnational Law written by Peer Zumbansen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty years after Jessup's Transnational Law Lectures, this collection traces the field's development and significance to the present day.

Author : Human Rights Watch
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609808150
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Report 2018 written by Human Rights Watch and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2016 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.