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Civil Remedies and Human Rights in Flux: Key Legal Developments in Selected Jurisdictions

Civil Remedies and Human Rights in Flux: Key Legal Developments in Selected Jurisdictions

Author: Ekaterina Aristova; Ugljesa Grusic
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509947591

Published In: February 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509947638

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What private law avenues are open to victims of human rights violations? This innovative new collection explores this question across sixteen jurisdictions in the Global South and Global North. It examines existing mechanisms in domestic law for bringing civil claims in relation to the involvement of states, corporations and individuals in specific categories of human rights violation: (i) assault or unlawful arrest and detention of persons; (ii) environmental harm; and (iii) harmful or unfair labour conditions. Taking a truly global perspective, it assesses the question in jurisdictions as diverse as Kenya, Switzerland, the US and the Philippines. A much needed and important new statement on how to respond to human rights violations.

1. Introduction: Civil Remedies and Human Rights in Flux

Dr Ekaterina Aristova, University of Oxford, UK and Dr Uglješa Grušic, University College, London, UK

2. Argentina: Untapping the Potential of Private Law Constitutionalisation

Professor Martín Hevia, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina and Andrés Constantin, Georgetown University, USA

3. Australia: Tort Law Filling a Human Rights Void

Professor Sarah Joseph, Griffith University, Australia and Dr Joanna Kyriakakis, Monash University, Australia

4. Bangladesh: A Constitutional Solution for a Tort Law Deficit?

Taqbir Huda, Tort Law Project Bangladesh

5. Brazil: A Progressive Framework on Civil Liability and Human Rights Protection?

Daniela Arantes Prata, London School of Economics, UK and Danilo B Garrido Alves, University of Oxford, UK

6. Canada: Backsteps, Barriers and Breakthroughs in Civil Liability for Sexual Assault, Transnational Human Rights Violations and Widespread Environmental Harm

Professor Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa, Canada and Professor Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, University of Ottawa, Canada

7. England and Wales: The Common Law's Answer to International Human Rights Violations

Russell Hopkins, Temple Garden Chambers, UK

8. France: Untapping the Potential of Civil Liability to Remedy Human Rights Violations

Dr Virginie Rouas, SOAS, University of London, UK

9. Germany: Tort Law's Potential to Remedy Human Rights Violations

Dr Leonhard Hübner, Osnabrück University, Germany and Luca Kaller, Heidelberg University, Germany

10. India: Constitutional Torts 'Ruling the Roost'?

Professor Surya Deva, Macquarie University, Australia

11. Kenya: Constitution, Common Law and Statute in Vindication of Rights

Jill Cottrell Ghai, Katiba Institute, Kenya

12. The Netherlands: A Wide Open Window for Human Rights Norms?

Dr Lucas Roorda, Utrecht University, Netherlands

13. The Philippines: Civil Vindications for Uncivilised Wrongs

Gemmo B Fernandez, Australian National University, Isabel L Guidote, Harvard Law School, USA, Raphael Lorenzo A Pangalangan, Jindal Global University, India and Ruby Rosselle L Tugade, University of the Philippines

14. South Africa: Civil Liability for Constitutional Wrongs

Dr Alistair Price, University of Cape Town, South Africa

15. Switzerland: The Underuse of Civil Remedies for Corporate and State Human Rights Violations

Professor Nicolas Bueno, Swiss Distance University and Professor Federica De Rossa, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland

16. Ukraine: The Untapped Potential of Tort Law

Dr Bohdan Karnaukh, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine

17. United States: Potential Paths Forward aft er the Demise of the Alien Tort Statute

Dr Rachel Chambers, University of Connecticut, USA and Professor Jena Martin, West Virginia University, USA