The Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights is the most comprehensive reference work in the field of international human rights protection. Comprising over 340 entries, presented alphabetically, and available online and in print, the Encyclopedia addresses the full range of themes associated with the study and practice of human rights in the modern world. Topics range from substantive human rights to the relevant institutions, legal documents, conceptual and procedural issues of international law and a wide variety of thematic entries. The Encyclopedia has a distinct focus on international human rights law but at the same time is enriched by approaches from the broader social sciences, making it a truly unique and multi-disciplinary resource. The Encyclopedia boasts an incredibly diverse author team, featuring contributions from close to 300 scholars and practitioners from more than 65 countries, representing all regions of the world. Contributors include leading experts in their respective fields - among them current and former UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts, renowned academics, judges of national, international and regional (human rights) courts, members of universal and regional human rights bodies, members of the International Law Commission, as well as legal advisors of foreign offices and international and non-governmental organizations. Key Features: Over 340 entries Entries organized alphabetically for ease of navigation Fully cross-referenced Entries written by practitioners and scholars from around the world World class editorial team

1) For academic researchers, human rights practitioners, musicians and all artists 2) Addresses a valiant and highly relevant and timely need: to fostering a culture of humanism in support of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related goals set forth by the UN 3) Promotes global conversations about the role of the arts to empower citizenry and enhance human rights awareness. 4) Inspires new trajectories in interdisciplinary research, most notably linking music with studies in health, environment, gender and forced displacement. 5) Facilitated by a wide range of experts from the human rights sector-academics, human rights defenders, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and individual practitioners-and from a variety of musical fields, both academic and performing

Using Human Rights to Counter Terrorism uses practical examples to argue that a State's lack of respect for human rights is counter-productive and hinders its fight against terrorism. Through analysing legislative developments since 2001, this book examines how and why many counter terrorism measures have so far been unsuccessful; arguing that longer term, a human rights-centric approach is required. The book's expert contributors have a wide breadth of experience at a national and international level. They have worked with institutions such as national intelligence agencies, the UN Security Council, the UN Human Rights Council as well as a number of UN bodies specializing in Human Rights and Terrorism. Various counter terrorism measures, including mass digital surveillance, the use of drones, and the use of torture are examined. The impact of counter terrorism measures on migration, civil society, and the delivery of humanitarian assistance are assessed. The chapters serve to show that a lack of accountability for human rights violations in these areas can be conducive to an increase in terrorist activity. Those working within State authorities, international and non-governmental organizations will find the arguments presented in this work compelling. Legal practitioners working in the security and human rights sectors will also find this book a useful source of evidence to support human rights countering the challenges of terrorism. Contributors include: F.N. Aolain, R. Barrett, A. Charbord, B. Emmerson, U. Garms, L. Ginsborg, M. Nowak, L. Oldring, T. Parker, M. Scheinin

In the human rights field, 2010 was a year both of continuity and reform: from the 10th anniversary of the European Charter on Fundamental Rights and the quickening pace of the EU's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights to the reform of the Human Rights Council. Defining and discussing key developments in human rights in Europe and in the world, the third edition of the European Yearbook on Human Rights brings together 33 contributions by renowned human rights experts that provide a much needed overview and much sought after analysis. Edited jointly by representatives of four major European human rights research, teaching and training institutions, the Yearbook 2011 contains extensive sections on developments in the field of the three main organizations charged with securing human rights in Europe: EU, Council of Europe and OSCE. A further chapter contains contributions on the role of civil society in human rights protection and on cross-cutting topics. Holistic in its approach, but detailed in its analyses, the European Yearbook on Human Rights 2011 provides its readers with a comprehensive overview of the human rights situation in Europe in 2010. The impressive array of authors - academics and diplomats, practitioners and human rights experts - makes the book essential reading for anyone interested in human rights in Europe and beyond.

In terms of both human rights and democracy, 2011 was a revolutionary year. The Arab Spring has put into sharp focus some long held assumptions of the international community. But, this was not the only revolution in human rights thinking in 2011. Defining and discussing key developments in human rights in Europe and in the world, this edition of the European Yearbook on Human Rights brings together 28 contributions by renowned human rights experts that provide a much-needed overview and sought-after analysis. Edited jointly by representatives of four major European human rights institutions, the 2012 Yearbook contains extensive sections on developments in the field of the three main organizations charged with securing human rights in Europe: the EU, the Council of Europe, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. A further chapter contains contributions on the role of civil society in human rights protection and on cross-cutting topics. Holistic in its approach, but detailed in its analyses, the European Yearbook on Human Rights 2012 provides readers with a sweeping overview and comprehensive analysis of the events and issues that have shaped the human rights debate in Europe in 2011 and continue to shape it today. The impressive array of authors - academics, diplomats, practitioners, and human rights experts - makes the book essential reading for anyone interested in human rights in Europe and beyond.

The fall of communism in the late 1980s and the end of the Cold War seemed to signal a new international social order built on pluralist democracy, the rule of law, and universal human rights. But the window of opportunity for creating this more just, more equal, and more secure world slammed shut just as quickly as it opened. Rather than celebrate the triumph of democracy over autocracy, or political freedom over totalitarian rule, the West exulted in the victory of capitalism over communism. Neoliberal policies of deregulation and privatization that minimized the role of the state were imposed on the transitional societies of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as economically weak and politically fragile nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Twenty-five years later, the world reaps the fruits of that market-driven state foundation: inequality; poverty; global economic, food, financial, social, and ecological crises; transnational organized crime and terrorism; proliferating weapons; fragile states. Human Rights or Global Capitalism is not simply concerned with the success or failure of neoliberal policies per se or judging whether they are good or bad. Rather, it examines the application of those policies from a human rights perspective and asks whether states, by outsourcing to the private sector many services with a direct impact on human rights-education, health, social security, water, personal liberty, personal security, equality-abdicate their responsibilities to uphold human rights and thereby violate international human rights law. Manfred Nowak explores these examples and outlines the ways in which neoliberal policies contravene the obligations of states to protect the human rights of their people.

In Europe, from the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty to policy changes in countering terrorism, 2009 was a year rich in legal and political developments that directly implicate human rights. Among the growing intensity of human rights practice and scholarship, even experienced scholars find it difficult to keep track. Recognizing the necessity to identify and critically assess key developments in the human rights field in Europe and the world, this second volume of the European Yearbook on Human Rights brings together 24 contributions by renowned human rights experts who provide a much-needed overview. Edited jointly by representatives of four major European human rights institutions, the Yearbook offers an innovative structure which allows for quick orientation and direct access to the many facets of Europe's culture of human rights protection. The Yearbook contains extensive sections on developments in the field of the three main organizations charged with securing human rights in Europe: the EU, the Council of Europe, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. It also looks at the role of civil society in human rights protection and at multidisciplinary topics. Holistic in its approach, rich in information, and highly useful in its analyses, European Yearbook on Human Rights 10 provides a comprehensive overview of Europe's human rights situation in 2009.

Torture represents a direct attack on the essence of human dignity. Its mere mention evokes a prolific and sordid history: Europe in the Middle Ages, with beds of nails, witch hunts, and burnings; the brutal methods used by military dictatorships against political dissidents in 1970s Latin America; and the gruesome photographs from Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, and other Bush-era places of detention. While leaders in the West had once hoped that torture would disappear by the end of the twentieth century-and that our children would read about this unfathomable practice in history books and not in the daily papers-research indicates that torture is still routinely used in the majority of twenty-first-century nations. In his six years as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak was tasked with reviewing thousands of complaints of torture and detention, investigating facts and circumstances surrounding the global practice of torture, and drawing up recommendations aimed at combating torture. Now, in Torture, readers can get a firsthand glimpse of how modern-day torture is investigated and understood by those working on the frontlines of researching, addressing, and preventing it. Nowak recounts his experience visiting countries, reviewing documents, collecting evidence, and conducting interviews with perpetrators, witnesses, and victims of torture. He offers vignettes of the many states he visited, comparing their diverse experiences, and he explores the rise of new twenty-first-century practices of torture, questioning whether capital punishment, corporal punishment, solitary confinement, and contemporary forms of slavery qualify as torture. Ultimately, Torture offers vital insights for human-rights scholars and professionals as it tries to make the unfathomable more comprehensible and to clarify the causes and dynamics of torture.

Ob Angststoerungen, chronische Schmerzsyndrome oder Inkontinenz: Dieses Praxisbuch erlautert Ergotherapeuten, Psychotherapeuten und Physiotherapeuten die Funktionsweise und Anwendung der gangigen Biofeedback- und Neurofeedback-Verfahren. Krankheitsbilder aus Orthopadie, Neurologie und Psychiatrie koennen effizient behandelt und Beschwerden des Patienten nachweislich gelindert werden. Hochdifferenzierte Messgerate und spezielle Software helfen Ihrem Patienten dabei, koerperliche Reaktionen achtsam wahrzunehmen und diese direkt zu beeinflussen. Autonome Koerperfunktionen wie Blutdruck, Atmung und Herzfrequenz koennen so vom Patienten selbst reguliert werden und erlauben ihm einen selbstbewussten Umgang mit Stresssituationen wie Schmerzen oder Suchtdruck. Die individuelle Selbstwirksamkeit wird gestarkt und die Lebensqualitat des Betroffenen nachhaltig verbessert. Unterstutzen Sie Ihren Patienten dabei, aus dem Teufelskreis der Beschwerden auszubrechen! Neu in der 3. Auflage: Videos uber die Behandlung von ausgewahlten Erkrankungen und Symptomen wie Hemiplegie, Spastik, Multiple Sklerose Bio- und Neurofeedback bei Autoimmunerkrankungen wie Multiple Sklerose und Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose

The European Yearbook on Human Rights brings together renowned scholars, emerging voices and practitioners. Split into parts devoted to recent developments in the European Union, the Council of Europe and the OSCE as well as through reports from the field, the contributions engage with some of the most important human rights issues and developments in Europe. The Yearbook helps to better understand the rich landscape of the European regional human rights system and is intended to stimulate discussions, critical thinking and further research in this field.

2018 has been another challenging year for human rights in Europe and globally. International human rights standards, the rule of law and international human rights institutions have come under increasing pressure. The eleventh volume of the European Yearbook on Human Rights discusses the backgrounds of these developments and outlines the potential implications and possible solutions. The backsliding of democracy in Poland and Hungary, the human rights fallout from Brexit and the human rights situations in Chechnya and the Ukraine are mentioned as just a few examples. The Yearbook also includes contributions on all-time classics such as the right to freedom of expression or fair trial and tensions between security and the protection of human rights, as well as more recent developments on the rights of persons with disabilities and the rights of children to be heard in political processes. The European Yearbook on Human Rights brings together renowned scholars, emerging voices and practitioners. Split into parts devoted to recent developments in the European Union, the Council of Europe and the OSCE as well as through reports from the field, the contributions engage with some of the most important human rights issues and developments in Europe. The Yearbook helps to better understand the rich landscape of the European regional human rights system and is intended to stimulate discussions, critical thinking and further research in this field.

With the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, the profile of human rights issues has greatly risen in relation to EU policies, whether internal or external. The EU has thereby made the commitment to ensure that all its actions are compliant with human rights, and seek to promote them. Yet, the EU's commitment has come under scrutiny, not only for its ground-breaking character, but also because recent events have put it to the test. This volume has been designed to take stock of these developments, to comprehensively discuss the conceptualization and operationalization of the EU's commitment to human rights throughout the EU's relationships, policies, actions and legislative activity, and to critically assess its outcome. This title is divided into four parts: 'Framework' presents the issues related to human rights promotion by the EU; 'Actors' delves into the relationships that play a part, at home or abroad, in regards to human rights policies and judgements; 'Policies' takes a case-study approach and systematically reviews a range of EU internal and external policies to assess their human rights impact and implementation; and finally, 'Strategies' provides an integrated assessment of the design and implementation of the EU's commitment to human rights. This book brings together essays from around the world, each discussing different aspects of EU commitment, and evaluating the extent to which the EU is delivering on it. Each chapter provides an introduction to the state of affairs, discusses opportunities and challenges, and provides recommendations. As such, it is an essential reference book on human rights policies throughout the EU and their impact throughout the world.

Stressreaktionen bewusst wahrnehmen und durch Selbstregulation kontrollieren Dieses Praxisbuch zeigt die Behandlungsmoeglichkeiten von psychischen und durch Stress verursachte Erkrankungen mithilfe von Biofeedback und Neurofeedback. Anhand von Messgeraten und spezieller Software erlernen Patienten Achtsamkeit und ihre Beschwerden direkt zu beeinflussen. Die Selbstregulation autonomer Koerperfunktionen, wie beispielsweise Blutdruck, Muskelspannung und Atmung gelingt durch Training mit dieser Methode auch ohne Gerat. Inhalt Umfassender UEberblick uber alle gangigen Biofeedback- und Neurofeedback- Varianten sowie deren Anwendungsmoeglichkeiten Praxisrelevante Grundlagen und Durchfuhrung der Behandlung Anschauliche Fallbeispiele von typischen Stoerungsbildern und deren Therapie Ausfuhrliche Beschreibung des H.K.B.C-Verfahrens zur Behandlung von Patienten mit Hemiplegie bzw. Hemiparese mittels EMG-Biofeedback Neu in der 2. komplett aktualisierten Auflage Biofeedback und Neurofeedback bei Sucht und Autismus, neurologischen Stoerungsbildern wie ALS, MS und Morbus Parkinson, Anwendung mobiler Bio- und Neurofeedback- Geraten Fur interessierte Ergotherapeuten, Physiotherapeuten, Heilpraktiker, Psychologen und AErzte das ideale Buch fur die Einfuhrung in das Behandlungskonzept. Bestens geeignet auch fur praxiserfahrene Therapeuten zur Auffrischung und Erweiterung ihres Wissens.