The challenge of human rights : past, present, future / edited by David Keane, Yvonne McDermott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Irish Centre for Human Rights.

Keane, David.

McDermott, Yvonne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Human rights--History.

Human rights--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Challenge of Human Rights takes a detailed and exploratory approach to topics across the field of human rights, and seeks to map a path for future research and policy development. It examines contemporary approaches to established rights, such as the right to peace and the protection against double jeopardy, while also revisiting overlooked or forgotten rights and concepts such as slavery, apartheid and the right to resist, determining the optimal place for those rights in today's world. The contributing authors outline lacunae in human rights law where rights could be established, from vo

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The right to a social and international order for the realization of human rights: Article 28 of the Universal Declaration and international cooperation; 2. Freedom from fear and the human right to peace; 3. The universality of war: Jus ad bellum and the right to peace in non-international armed conflicts; 4. UNESCO and the right to peace; 5. The right to resist reconsidered; 6. Forensic science, international criminal law and the duties towards persons killed in war

7. Forgotten rights: Consequences of the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights8. Forging a convention for crimes against humanity; 9. Doublespeak and double standards: Does the jurisprudence on retrial following acquittal under international criminal law spell the end of the double jeopardy rule?; 10. Third world approaches to international law and the ghosts of apartheid; 11. Exploitation rebranded: How international law sold slavery as forced labour; 12. Between the wars - the Refugee Convention of 1933: A contemporary analysis

13. Drafter decision-making in international human rights treaties14. Free and fair elections for some? The potential for voting rights for under-18s; 15. Cultural rights: A new era; 16. Intellectual property: A human (not corporate) right; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-57573-6

9786613888181

0-85793-901-7

OCLC:

809409526