Books written by Philip Alston

The EU and Human Rights

It is true that ( western ) Europe shares with the United States the conviction that , between freedom and equality , priority must be given to the principle as formulated by Rawls in his Theory of Justice , positing in the first place ...
International Human Rights

More importantly, the nativity scene, unlike every other element of the Hodgson Park display, reflects a sectarian exclusivity that the avowed pur- poses of celebrating the holiday season and promoting retail commerce simply do not ...
International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals : Text and Materials

purpose of including the creche in the larger display was not promotion of the religious content of the creche but celebration of the public holiday through its traditional symbols. Celebration of public holidays, which have cultural ...
El interés superior del niño: hacia una síntesis de los derechos del niño y de los valores culturales : Innocenti...

El interés superior del niño: hacia una síntesis de los derechos del niño y de los valores culturales : Innocenti...
The Transformation of Human Rights Fact-Finding

This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of fact-finding, including rigorous and critical analysis of the field of practice, as well as providing a range of accounts of what actually happens.
The Right to Food

The Right to Food
People's Rights

1 Introduction: Philip Alston
International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals : Text and Materials

Completely revised and updated to bring it up to date with recent events, this popular textbook incorporates a wide range of carefully edited materials from both primary and secondary sources.
Human Rights, Intervention, and the Use of Force

This collection presents an analysis of the imperatives of sovereignty, human rights and national security in the post 9/11 era, and examines their relationship to procedural and substantive legitimacy in liberal democratic states
Non-state Actors and Human Rights

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...
International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals : Text and Materials

International Human Rights in Context presents diverse materials consisting of extensive authors' text and questions; sharply edited primary materials ranging from intergovernmental or NGO reports to treaties, resolutions and decisions;...
Labour Rights as Human Rights

Are efforts to protect workers' rights compatible with the forces of globalization? How can minimum standards designed to protect labour rights be implemented in a world in which national labour...
Monitoring Fundamental Rights in the EU: The Contribution of the Fundamental Rights Agency

The first book to examine the creation and function of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.
The Future of UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring

This volume contains detailed analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of the system, written by leading participants in the work of the treaty bodies.
The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal

These essays critically examine the functions, procedures, and performance of each of the major UN organs dealing with human rights, including the Security Council and the International Court of Justice as well as the more specialized ...
International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals : Text and Materials

International Human Rights in Context presents diverse materials consisting of extensive authors' text an dquestions; sharply edited primary materials ranging from intergovernmental or NGO reports to treaties, resolutions and decisions;...
Human Rights, Intervention, and the Use of Force

The chapters in this volume represent an attempt to face up to these dilemmas in all of their complexity, and to suggest ways in which they can be confronted productively both in the abstract and in the concrete circumstances of particular ...
Human Rights and Development: Towards Mutual Reinforcement

Only in the past 15 years or so, with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the realization that freedom and economic well-being are empirically linked, have the professional communities...
The UN Children's Convention and Australia

The UN Children's Convention and Australia
Monitoring Fundamental Rights in the EU: The Contribution of the Fundamental Rights Agency

This volume is the first to critically examine the proposals put forward by the European Commission in October 2004 on the creation of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.