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This comprehensive Research Handbook considers the place of human
security, both in practice and as a concept within international
law, examining the preconditions for and consequences of applying
human security to international legal thinking and practice. It
also proposes a future international law in which human security is
central to the law's purpose. Contributions by leading authors in
the field critically engage with 25 years of human security
practice in different areas of international law and explore the
challenges, successes and setbacks of realising human security in a
state-based international legal order whilst re-conceptualizing
central elements of international law from a human security
perspective. Organised around six core themes, the Research
Handbook shows how human security can be used as an overarching
framework to preserve peace, protect people and counter
vulnerability through international law. Progressive and engaging,
this Research Handbook will be a key resource for scholars and
students of public international law, security, and international
relations, who wish to further their knowledge of human security as
the central purpose of international law.
COVID-19 and the wide range of emergency measures that governments
and policy makers have introduced in the name of fighting the
pandemic have shaped our lives over the past year and a half. The
thirteenth edition of the European Yearbook on Human Rights takes
the opportunity to reflect on the impact that COVID-19 has had on
human rights and to assess the proportionality and necessity of
state responses to the pandemic in order to ensure a resilient
human rights system in the future. Renowned scholars, emerging
voices and practitioners provide a cross-section of human rights
issues in their contributions. These issues range from the
underlying considerations of justice and equality and access to
resources, to the protection of core human rights during the
pandemic, such as the right to health, the right to hold democratic
elections and the protection of vulnerable groups, including the
elderly, persons with disabilities and migrants. In this way, the
European Yearbook on Human Rights 2021 raises awareness of the
complexities of human rights protection during a pandemic and
beyond, and stimulates debate and further research in the field in
order to ensure that future responses to crises not only pay
respect to human rights, but are rooted in them.
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.
It is now widely accepted that international human rights law
applies in situations of armed conflict alongside international
humanitarian law, but the contours and consequences of this
development remain unclear. This book revisits, organizes and
contextualizes the debate on human rights in armed conflict and
explores the legal challenges, operational consequences and policy
implications of resorting to human rights in situations of inter-
and intra-state violence. It presents the benefits and the
drawbacks of using international human rights law alongside
humanitarian law and discusses how the idea, law and policy of
human rights influence the development of the law of armed
conflict. Based on legal theory, policy analysis, state practice
and the work of human rights bodies, it suggests a human
rights-oriented reading of the law of armed conflict as feasible
and necessary in response to the changing character of war.
It is now widely accepted that international human rights law
applies in situations of armed conflict alongside international
humanitarian law, but the contours and consequences of this
development remain unclear. This book revisits, organizes and
contextualizes the debate on human rights in armed conflict and
explores the legal challenges, operational consequences and policy
implications of resorting to human rights in situations of inter-
and intra-state violence. It presents the benefits and the
drawbacks of using international human rights law alongside
humanitarian law and discusses how the idea, law and policy of
human rights influence the development of the law of armed
conflict. Based on legal theory, policy analysis, state practice
and the work of human rights bodies, it suggests a human
rights-oriented reading of the law of armed conflict as feasible
and necessary in response to the changing character of war.
This book introduces readers to the major human rights
institutions, courts, and tribunals and critically assesses their
legacy as well as the promise they hold for realizing human rights
globally, and the challenges they face in doing so. It traces the
rationale of setting up international institutions, courts, and
tribunals with the aim of ensuring respect for international human
rights law and presents their historic development, and critically
analyzes their contribution to the promotion and protection of
human rights. At the same time, it asks which promises old and new
(and envisaged) human rights institutions hold for safeguarding
human rights in light of continuing violations and recent global
trends in human rights and politics. The first section presents
institutions created within the framework of the United Nations.
The second part of the volume assesses how international criminal
tribunals have reframed human rights violations as individual
criminal acts. The third part of the volume is devoted to
established and emerging regional human rights bodies and courts
around the world.
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