Non-State Actors and Human Rights (Paperback)

Can transnational corporations ignore human rights as long as governments don't hold them accountable? If the UN is put in charge of a territory, is it bound by human rights law? Under traditional approaches to human rights, non-state actors cannot be parties to the relevant treaties and so they are only bound to the extent that obligations accepted by States can be applied to them by governments. This situation threatens to make a mockery of much of the international system of accountability for human rights violations. The contributors to this volume examine the different approaches that might be taken in order to ensure some degree of accountability. Making space in the legal regime to take account of the role of non-State actors is one of the biggest and most critical challenges facing international law today.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law
Release date:	June 2005
First published:	August 2005
Editors:	Philip Alston
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	387
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-927282-2
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > Public international law > Treaties & other sources of international law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-927282-4
Barcode:	9780199272822

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