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Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 60.00This fascinating Handbook explores the interplay between international human rights law and international humanitarian law, offering expert analysis on the increasingly complex issues surrounding their application in conflict areas across the world. Contributors to this volume provide a comprehensive treatment of the ongoing relationship between human... more...
The Rights of Refugees under International Law
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 87.00In this book Hathaway presents the first comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees as set by the UN Refugee Convention. He links the standards of the Convention to key norms of international human rights law and applies his analysis to the world's most difficult protection challenges. more...
Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Hart Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 84.60The adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 September 2007 was acclaimed as a major success for the United Nations system given the extent to which it consolidates and develops the international corpus of indigenous rights. This is the first in-depth academic analysis of this far-reaching... more...
Global Human Rights Institutions
Wiley 2013; US$ 26.95The range of global human rights institutions which have been created over the past half century is a remarkable achievement. Yet, their establishment and proliferation raises important questions. Why do states create such institutions and what do they want them to achieve? Does this differ from what the institutions themselves seek to accomplish?... more...
Judicial Review & the Human Rights Act
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 180.00The Human Rights Act 1998 had a profound effect on the law of the United Kingdom,and in no area more so than judicial review. This book gives practical guidance on the interplay between the Act and domestic public law. more...
International Law and Indigenous Peoples
BRILL 2004; US$ 296.00This volume highlights those instances in the work of international organizations where advances have been made concerning indigenous rights. It also devotes attention to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and to a number of thematic issues in the field. The human rights situations... more...
la Sécurité socio-économique pour un monde meilleur
ILO Publications 2004; US$ 32.95Drawing primarily on a special Global Database of national statistical indicators, coupled with a set of Peoples Security Surveys, covering over 48,000 households in 15 countries, and a set of Enterprise Labour Flexibility and Security Surveys, covering over 10,000 firms in 12 countries, provide a picture of the emerging patterns of economic... more...
On Cultural Rights
BRILL 2008; US$ 152.00How has the evolution of a legal regime within the United Nations and regional organisations influenced state behaviour regarding recognition of minority groups? This work addresses this question. It assesses the implications of the legal regime for political theorists' account of multiculturalism. more...
Religious Legal Traditions, International Human Rights Law and Muslim States
BRILL 2008; US$ 132.00Offers an exploration of aspects of the subject, Islam and Human Rights. This book undertakes a comparative study of the laws of several Muslim States with respect to religious freedom, minorities and the rights of the child. It offers an optimistic vision of the fundamental compatibility of Islam and international human rights standards. more...
Cultural Rights in International Law
BRILL 2007; US$ 152.00Drawing from a comprehensive review of legal instruments, practice, jurisprudence and literature, and using a multidisciplinary approach, this book brings forth an array of cultural rights, as individual and collective human rights, and offers a vision for public policy. more...









