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

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

Edited by Ekaterina Aristova · Ugljesa Grusic
Hart Publishing June 2023

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9781509947638
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Hart Publishing
Publication
June 2023
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Paperback
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U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

Table of Contents

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
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