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Human rights obligations of non-state actors / Andrew Clapham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clapham, Andrew.
- Series:
- Collected courses of the Academy of European Law.
- The collected courses of the Academy of European Law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights.
- Social responsibility of business.
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 613 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- This work presents an approach to human rights which goes beyond the traditional focus on states and outlines the human rights obligations of non-state actors. It finishes with examples of how they can be held legally accountable for their actions in various jurisdictions.
- Contents:
- Old objections and new approaches
- Thinking responsibly about the subject of subjects
- Characteristics of international human rights law
- The United Nations
- The World Trade Organization and the European Union
- Corporations and human rights
- Non-state actors in times of armed conflict
- Selected UN human rights treaties
- Regional human rights bodies
- National legal orders
- Dignity and democracy
- Complexity; complicity, and complementarity.
- Notes:
- "Academy of European Law, European University Institute"
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780191018626
- 0191018627
- 9780191707681
- 0191707686
- OCLC:
- 958568864
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