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The Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 provides clear,
concise coverage of the operation and application of the Human
Rights Act 1998, discussing the successes and failures of the Act
and the debate surrounding its possible eventual replacement with a
Bill of Rights. The Guide assesses the case law of the European
Court and analyses the impact of Convention rights in landmark
domestic judgements across a wide range of areas, including
terrorism, privacy, discrimination, and criminal law. It explains
the interpretive techniques employed by the courts to read
legislation compatibly with Convention rights, and maps the UK and
Strasbourg courts' divergence in approach to certain areas of human
rights protection. It also highlights the aspects of the Act that
the courts have not yet clarified. The new edition of this popular
Guide considers all relevant developments since the publication of
the previous edition. The book contains a copy of the Human Rights
Act 1998 as amended, and the European Convention for the Protection
of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. The Blackstone's Guide series
delivers concise and accessible books covering the latest
legislative changes and amendments. Published soon after enactment,
they offer expert commentary by leading names on the scope, extent
and effects of the legislation, plus a full copy of the Act itself.
They offer a cost-effective solution to key information needs and
are the perfect companion for any practitioner needing to get up to
speed with the latest changes.
A positive agenda for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
by 2030. All 193 member nations of the United Nations agreed in
September 2015 to adopt a set of seventeen ""Sustainable
Development Goals,"" to be achieved by 2030. Each of the goals-in
such areas as education and health car -is laudable in and of
itself, and governments and organizations are working hard on them.
But so far there is no overall, positive agenda of what new things
need to be done to ensure the goals are achieved across all
nations. In a search of fresh approaches to the longstanding
problems targeted by the Sustainable Development Goals, the Japan
International Cooperation Agency and the Global Economy and
Development program at Brookings mounted a collaborative research
effort to advance implementation of Agenda 2030. This edited volume
is the product of that effort. The book approaches the UN's goals
through three broad lenses. The first considers new approaches to
capturing value. Examples include Nigeria's first green bonds,
practical methods to expand women's economic opportunities,
benchmarking to reflect business contributions to achieving the
goals, new incentives for investment in infrastructure, and
educational systems that promote cross-sector problem solving. The
second lens entails new approaches to targeting places, including
oceans, rural areas, fast-growing developing cities, and the
interlocking challenge of data systems, including geospatial
information generated by satellites. The third lens focuses on
updating governance, broadly defined. Issues include how civil
society can align with the SDG challenge; how an advanced economy
like Canada can approach the goals at home and abroad; what needs
to be done to foster new approaches for managing the global
commons; and how can multilateral institutions for health and
development finance evolve.
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