The Development of International Human Rights Law Volume I

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Synopsis

The essays selected for this volume, written by some of the worlds most respected experts on human rights, encompass the development of human rights law from its philosophical underpinnings and address many of its current controversies. The collected essays explore the drafting of major human rights instruments, including the political challenges that shaped those instruments; examine the interrelationship of various claimed rights; and identify factors producing compliance with - and violation of - human rights law. Other contributions analyze the role of non-governmental organizations in achieving better human rights protections as well as the danger of claiming too many rights, and the tension between rights and security. Contrasting viewpoints in several essays highlight some of the key conflicts in the field. An introductory essay provides a roadmap marking the collection‘s major themes, and tracing the relationship between those themes. Taken together, the essays emphasize the legal underpinnings of the human rights regime and as such, the collection provides an essential, wide-ranging account of this important part of international law, procedure and practice.

Book details

Author:
WeissbrodtD. Ní AoláinRumsey DavidFionnualaMary
ISBN:
9781351545044
Related ISBNs:
9781315086750, 9781409441298, 9781409441298
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-03-21
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
Routledge 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Politics and Government