The Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law

Human Rights

The Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law

Edited by Nigel Rodley · Scott Sheeran
Routledge June 2016

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ISBN-13
9781138203976
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
June 2016
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides the definitive global survey of the discipline of international human rights law. Each chapter is written by a leading expert and provides a contemporary overview of a significant area within the field. As well covering topics integral to the theory and practice of international human rights law the volume offers a broader perspective though examinations of the ways in which human rights law interacts with other legal regimes and other international institutions, and by addressing the current and future challenges facing human rights.

This highly topical collection of specially commissioned papers is split into four sections:

  • The nature and evolution of international human rights law discussing the origins, theory and practice of the discipline.
  • Interaction of human rights with other key regimes and bodies including the interaction of the discipline with international economic law, international humanitarian law, and development, as well as other legal regimes.
  • Evolution and prospects of regional approaches to human rights discussing the systems of Europe, the Americas, Africa and South East Asia, and their relationship to the United Nations treaty bodies.
  • Key contemporary challenges including non-State actors, religion and human rights, counter-terrorism, and enforcement and remedies.
Providing up-to-date and authoritative articles covering key aspects of international human rights law, this reference work is an essential work of reference for scholars, practitioners and students alike.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Sir Nigel Rodley and Scott Sheeran

Part 2: Nature and evolution of international human rights law
2. Historical development of human rights in national systems
3. The development of international human rights law
4. Legal theory of human rights
5. Universalism of human rights and cultural relativism
6. Interdisciplinary approaches to international human rights law
7. Public international law and human rights
8. Normative hierarchy and human rights
9. The value of human rights in the contemporary world 10. Working with international human rights law
11. International human rights law in field operations

Part 3: Interaction of human rights with other key regimes and bodies
12. International humanitarian law and human rights
13. International criminal law and tribunals and human rights
14. International refugee law and human rights
15. International trade and human rights
16. International finance and investment and human rights
17. International environmental law and human rights
18. International development and human rights
19. Reservations and the unity of human rights
20. International Court of Justice and human rights
21. United Nations Security Council and human rights

Part 4: Evolution and prospects of regional approaches to human rights
22. European system
23. Inter-American system
24. African system
25. South East Asian system
26. Relationship of the United Nations treaty bodies and regional systems

Part 5: Key contemporary and future challenges
27. Non-State actors and human rights violations
28. Implementation of economic, social and cultural rights
29. The gender dimension challenge for human rights
30. The relationship of religion and human rights
31. Counter-terrorism and human rights
32. Future of the rights of indigenous peoples
33. Extraterritorial application of human rights obligation of States
34. Enforcement and remedies for human rights violations
35. Continuing evolution of the United Nations treaty bodies system
36. Role and future of the Human Rights Council
37. Human rights, peace and conflict resolution
38. The United Nations Organization and its human rights obligations
39. Conclusions, Sir Nigel Rodley and Scott Sheeran
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