International human rights law: six decades after the UDHR and beyond/ edited by Mashood A. Baderin, Manisuli Ssenyonjo

Contributor(s): Baderin, Mashood A. (ed) | Ssenyonjo, Manisuli (ed)Material type: TextTextPublication details: England: Ashgate Pub, 2010Description: xv, 571 pISBN: 9781409403593 (hbk. : alk. paper)DDC classification: 341.48
Contents:
Part I Introduction: Development of international human rights law before and after the UDHR, Mashood A. Baderin and Manisuli Ssenyonjo. Part II Concepts and Norms: International human rights: universal, relative or relatively universal?, Jack Donnelly; Economic, social and cultural rights, Manisuli Ssenyonjo; Civil and political rights, Sarah Joseph; Simple analytics of the right to development, Arjun Sengupta; Right to a healthy environment in human rights law, Jona Razzaque; Right to a peaceful world order, Nsongurua J. Udombana; Minority rights 60 years after the UDHR: limits on the preservation of identity?, Tawhida Ahmed and Anastasia Vakulenko; Intellectual property rights, the right to health and the UDHR: is reconciliation possible?, Robert L. Ostergard Jr and Shawna E. Sweeney; Brave new world? Human rights in the era of globalization, Paul O'Connell. Part III Mechanisms and Implementation: The United Nations human rights system, Rhona K.M. Smith; The African regional human rights system, Olufemi Amao; The inter-American human rights system, Jo M. Pasqualucci; The European Convention on Human Rights, Alastair Mowbray; Human rights in the International Court of Justice, Gentian Zyberi; The role of national human rights institutions, Rachel Murray; Institutional partnership or critical seepages? The role of human rights NGOs in the United Nations, Dianne Otto; Islamic law and the implementation of international human rights law: a case study of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Mashood A. Baderin; Towards an international court of human rights?, Gerd Oberleitner; Multi-state responsibility for extraterritorial violation of economic, social and cultural rights, Todd Howland. Part IV Responsibilities and Remedies: State responsibility for human rights, Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa; State compliance with the recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Frans Viljoen; Individual responsibility and the evolving legal status of the physical person in international human rights law, Ilias Bantekas; The International Criminal Court and individual responsibility of senior state officials for international crimes, Manisuli Ssenyonjo; The right to an effective remedy: balancing realism and aspiration, Sonja B. Starr; Protecting human rights in emergency situations: the example of the right to education, Vernor Munoz Villalobos; Protect, respect, and remedy: the UN framework for business and human rights, John Gerard Ruggie. Part V 'And Beyond': A future for human rights, Robert McCorquodale;
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Part I Introduction: Development of international human rights law before and after the UDHR, Mashood A. Baderin and Manisuli Ssenyonjo. Part II Concepts and Norms: International human rights: universal, relative or relatively universal?, Jack Donnelly; Economic, social and cultural rights, Manisuli Ssenyonjo; Civil and political rights, Sarah Joseph; Simple analytics of the right to development, Arjun Sengupta; Right to a healthy environment in human rights law, Jona Razzaque; Right to a peaceful world order, Nsongurua J. Udombana; Minority rights 60 years after the UDHR: limits on the preservation of identity?, Tawhida Ahmed and Anastasia Vakulenko; Intellectual property rights, the right to health and the UDHR: is reconciliation possible?, Robert L. Ostergard Jr and Shawna E. Sweeney; Brave new world? Human rights in the era of globalization, Paul O'Connell. Part III Mechanisms and Implementation: The United Nations human rights system, Rhona K.M. Smith; The African regional human rights system, Olufemi Amao; The inter-American human rights system, Jo M. Pasqualucci; The European Convention on Human Rights, Alastair Mowbray; Human rights in the International Court of Justice, Gentian Zyberi; The role of national human rights institutions, Rachel Murray; Institutional partnership or critical seepages? The role of human rights NGOs in the United Nations, Dianne Otto; Islamic law and the implementation of international human rights law: a case study of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Mashood A. Baderin; Towards an international court of human rights?, Gerd Oberleitner; Multi-state responsibility for extraterritorial violation of economic, social and cultural rights, Todd Howland. Part IV Responsibilities and Remedies: State responsibility for human rights, Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa; State compliance with the recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Frans Viljoen; Individual responsibility and the evolving legal status of the physical person in international human rights law, Ilias Bantekas; The International Criminal Court and individual responsibility of senior state officials for international crimes, Manisuli Ssenyonjo; The right to an effective remedy: balancing realism and aspiration, Sonja B. Starr; Protecting human rights in emergency situations: the example of the right to education, Vernor Munoz Villalobos; Protect, respect, and remedy: the UN framework for business and human rights, John Gerard Ruggie. Part V 'And Beyond': A future for human rights, Robert McCorquodale;

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