International human rights adjudicators, while facing urgent cases, have used provisional measures in order to prevent irreparable harm, e.g. to order States to halt an expulsion, the execution of a...
This text contains an introduction to the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 and an explanation of the Convention jurisprudence. It provides a detailed analysis of Article 1, Protocol...
This book examines how Armenia and Armenians were portrayed in Britain at a decisive moment in modern history.It illustrates how British observers represented the "in-between" position of Armenians and considers...
Contents: Report by the panel of European experts by Robert Wangerm'e; National report by Bernard Gournay.
This fourth edition of this classic book has been fully revised and updated to take account of all the significant developments since 2002. It includes full treatment of a number...
Nicaragua: The Human Rights Record
Human Rights in Nicaragua, Yesterday and Today: Report of a Mission for the International Commission of Jurists
In Modern Bondage: Sex Trafficking In The Americas presents the result of The International Human Rights Law Institute's recent trailblazing study. Based upon individual country reports from Belize, Costa Rica,...
My name is Tax?a Leon and this book is about my family and my people, the K?iche? Maya. My father was murdered three years ago. I still have my mother...
This book uniquely depicts the preeminent role that African trade unions played in ousting dictatorships and bringing democracy to many African countries in the 1990s. In the analytical introduction and...
This volume explores the main areas of legal development under the so-called 'Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice (AFSJ) 'which was introduced into European law under the Treaty of Amsterdam...
民主是一个伟大目标。民主曾经有力地提升一个民族国家内部的政治整合,也曾为民族国家的扩张提供动力,这是民主包含的二律背反。当今人类面临的挑战(包括资源、环境、高技术带来的冲击等等)正在要求这个星球实现更合理、更优良的政治重组,而不是成员间的相互为敌。世界各主要大国的民主化或民主优化,强调民主的人类成分,让民主成为人类的共享财富,而抑制各自的民族国家冲动,将是这个重组的前提条件。本书第一章,我们将重新梳理民主的发生学。第二章到第五章的任务,就是具体讨论美国民主的各个部分,它的现实建构,特别是川普这届政府所凸显的那些问题面向。本书最后一章,第六章,我们将把视角转向中国,毕竟,我们讨论美国,最终是为了中国。中国作为拥有漫长前现代皇权传统的国家,其现代政治转型走过了更艰难的、与欧洲很不一样的路,且目前仍在党国体制内蹒跚、挣扎。但社会进化和制度现代化的大逻辑告诉我们,中国的民主化总是要到来的。今天,国内一些党国御用学者对美国民主“进入黄昏”幸灾乐祸,似乎美国的失败正在证明党国体制的“成功”。这自然太短视了。最近我在不少场合强调,百年来中国面临的两大历史任务——民族国家的现代化和政治体制的民主化——仍将是未来几代中国人的奋斗目标。如今中国作为民族国家取得的巨大成就,更把政治民主化的任务逻辑地推到眼前。我们必须有所准备。
The collection of essays is entitled Challenges Ahead'. An ambitious title, but an appropriate one; for the contributors, as the 21st century draws near, ask themselves a number of basic...
'Lesbian and gay rights are human rights!' Is this just a political slogan to be chanted outside legislatures? Or are there legal arguments to support the claim that the right...
The Alien Tort Claims Act is virtually unique in U.S. legislation for its clear recognition of international human rights. This unparalleled collection of essays, the only extensive work on the...
The Mortgage (Rights) Scotland Act 2001 alters the law relating to property repossessions in Scotland. It gives the courts a discretionary power to refuse repossession orders where a secured lender...
The Yearbook of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture offers an essential annual overview of developments in relation to the ECPT. Part One contains general information. Part...
In the past, violations of human rights were commonly portrayed as atrocities perpetrated by tyrannical dictatorships. Today, the images of torture at Abu Ghraib gaol, and the treatment of detainees...
In academic and non-academic debates the practice of human rights enforcement is usually reduced to the intentions, interests and capabilities of agents - particularly the United States and other Western...
From Truth to Transformation: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa