The Challenge of Human Rights takes a detailed and exploratory approach to topics across the field of human rights, and seeks to map a path for future research and policy development. It examines contemporary approaches to established rights, such as the right to peace and the protection against double jeopardy, while also revisiting overlooked or forgotten rights and concepts such as slavery, apartheid and the right to resist, determining the optimal place for those rights in today's world. The contributing authors outline lacunae in human rights law where rights could be established, from voting rights for under-18s to rights for the dead to cultural and intellectual property rights, and also apply completely new approaches to questions that have troubled human rights advocates for decades. This innovative book will be essential reading for researchers and practitioners of human rights law, political scientists, historians, and others who have a general interest in the future trajectory of human rights. Contributors: K. Anderson, M.M. Carpenter, J. Castellino, J. Curtis, A. Daly, S. Darcy, P. Fitzmaurice, D. Keane, Y. McDermott, N. McGeehan, D. McGreal, R. Murphy, S. Murphy, M. Ni Chriochain, E. O'Brien, J. Reynolds, L.N. Sadat, W.A. Schabas
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The Challenge of Human Rights takes a detailed and exploratory approach to topics across the field of human rights, and seeks to map a path for future research and policy development.
Contents: Foreword Joshua Castellino Introduction David Keane and Yvonne McDermott 1. The Right to a Social and International Order for the Realization of Human Rights: Article 28 of the Universal Declaration and International Cooperation Josh Curtis and Shane Darcy 2. Freedom from Fear and the Human Right to Peace William A. Schabas 3. The Universality of War: Jus ad Bellum and the Right to Peace in Non-International Armed Conflicts Kjell Anderson 4. UNESCO and the Right to Peace David Keane 5. The Right to Resist Reconsidered Shannonbrooke Murphy 6. Forensic Science, International Criminal Law and the Duties Towards Persons Killed in War Éadaoin O’Brien 7. Forgotten Rights: Consequences of the Israeli Occupation of the Golan Heights Ray Murphy 8. Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity Leila Nadya Sadat 9. Doublespeak and Double Standards: Does the Jurisprudence on Retrial Following Acquittal under International Criminal Law Spell the End of the Double Jeopardy Rule? Yvonne McDermott 10. Third World Approaches to International Law and the Ghosts of Apartheid John Reynolds 11. Exploitation Rebranded: How International Law Sold Slavery as Forced Labour Nicholas McGeehan 12. Between the Wars – the Refugee Convention of 1933: A Contemporary Analysis Peter Fitzmaurice 13. Drafter Decision-making in International Human Rights Treaties Daragh McGreal 14. Free and Fair Elections for Some? The Potential for Voting Rights for Under-18s Aoife Daly 15. Cultural Rights: A New Era Majella Ní Chríocháin 16. Intellectual Property: A Human (Not Corporate) Right Megan M. Carpenter Index
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‘The editors, David Keane and Yvonne McDermott are to be congratulated on bringing together 18 distinguished contributors who offer a new insight into today’s human rights issues. It is an important contribution to the human rights debate which is set to continue as successive governments attempt to revise the 1998 legislation.’
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780857939005
Publisert
2012-08-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
352

Biographical note

Edited by David Keane, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland and Yvonne McDermott, College of Law and Criminology, Swansea University, UK