European populism and human rights / edited by Jure Vidmar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vidmar, Jure, author.

Contributor:

Vidmar, Jure, editor.

Series:

International studies in human rights ; Volume 130.

International studies in human rights ; Volume 130

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Europe.

Human rights.

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950 November 5).

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

Council of Europe.

Physical Description:

x, 351 s.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2020]

Summary:

"A definition of Europe can be geographic, historic, political and/ or legal. This book understands Europe as Member States of the Council of Europe and thus states party to the European Convention of Human Rights (echr, the Convention). Unlike the European Union (EU), the Council of Europe was explicitly created with the aim of human rights protection.1 At present, it has forty- seven Member States which are ipso facto party to the echr".

Contents:

Democracy and the European public order

Populism and universal human rights law

Diversity in Europe : from pluralism to populism

The public participant versus the populist government of an illiberall democracy

Enough about populism

The democratic potential of transnational populism

Franternité (dé-) naissante : populist potentialities of human rights

Freedom or transformation? Conflicting tendencies in United Nations Human Rights Discourse

Political rhetoric, freedom of expression and hate speech against religious belivers

The European Court of Human Rights and the rise of authoritarianism in Russia

The effect of populism on the rule of law, separation of powers and judicial independence in Hungary and Poland

"In the eyes of the perpetrtor" : judicial recognition of the identity-based nature of genocide

Final remarks on populism's effect on human rights and democracy in Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-41601-3

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004416017 DOI