Human rights in turmoil : facing threats, consolidating achievements / by Stéphanie Lagoutte, Hans-Otto Sano and Peter Scharff Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lagoutte, Stéphanie.

Contributor:

Sano, H.-O. (Hans-Otto)

Smith, Peter Scharff, 1971-

Series:

International studies in human rights ; v. 92.

International studies in human rights ; v. 92

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Rule of law.

Human rights--International cooperation.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

299 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Facing threats, consolidating achievements

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction: Human Rights in Turmoil: Facing Threats, Consolidating Achievements / Stephanie Lagoutte, Hans-Otto Sano, Peter Scharff Smith 1

1 The UN Reform Process in an Implementation Perspective / Morten Kjaerum 7

2 The Future of the European Human Rights Control System: Fighting with Its Back to the Wall / Stephanie Lagoutte 25

3 Human Rights Reinforcement and Globalisation: Reflections about Global Governance / Hans-Otto Sano 49

4 The Uneasy Balance between Individual Rights and the Necessity of Communities / Sten Schaumburg-Muller 71

5 Human Rights on the Battlefield / John Cerone 97

6 Terrorism and Human Rights / Peter Vedel Kessing 133

7 Humanitarian Intervention and State Sovereignty: A Social Constructivist Analysis / Helle Malmvig 163

8 Manoeuvring in the Turbulent Sea of Human Rights and Religion: Religious Communities Approaching Human Rights / Eva Maria Lassen 181

9 Freedom from Want: Globalisation and Social Security / Hatla Thelle 201

10 Prisons and Human Rights: The Case of Solitary Confinement in Denmark and the US from the 1820s until Today / Peter Scharff Smith 221

11 The Right to a Nationality and the European Convention on Human Rights / Eva Ersboll 249

12 Reflections of a Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights / Isi Foighel 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004154329

OCLC:

75027661