International Human Rights Law

Höfundar: Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah, Sandesh Sivakumaran (Útgáfa: 4)
International Human Rights Law

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Oxford University Press Academic UK
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9780192603951
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9780198860112
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ePub
Útgáfa
4
Höfundar
Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah, Sandesh Sivakumaran
Tungumál
English
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2022-06-23
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100
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2
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2

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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Table of International Instruments
  • Table of Cases
  • International Cases
  • National Cases
  • Part I Foundations
  • 1 History
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Human Rights on the Domestic Plane
  • 2.1 The Enlightenment Thinkers
  • 2.2 Human Rights Transformed into Positive Law
  • 2.3 Nineteenth-Century Challenges to Natural Rights
  • 2.4 Domestic Protection of Human Rights Today
  • 3 Human Rights on the International Plane Before the Second World War
  • 3.1 International Humanitarian Law and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
  • 3.2 The Protection of Minorities and the League of Nations
  • 4 Human Rights on the International Plane After the Second World War
  • 4.1 Crimes Against Humanity
  • 4.2 The UN Charter
  • 4.3 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 2 Justifications
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Why Justify Human Rights
  • 2.1 Explaining Justification
  • 2.2 Justifying Justification
  • 3 How to Justify Human Rights
  • 3.1 Justifications of Moral and Legal Rights
  • 3.2 Moral and Legal Justifications of Moral and Legal Rights
  • 4 Which Justifications for Human Rights
  • 4.1 A Plurality of Justifications
  • 4.2 Two Potential Justifications
  • 4.2.1 Equality
  • 4.2.2 Dignity
  • 5 What Follows From the Justification of Human Rights
  • 5.1 Human Rights Justifications and the Universality of Human Rights
  • 5.2 Human Rights Justifications and the Stringency of Human Rights
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 3 Critiques
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Early Critiques
  • 2.1 The Realist Critique
  • 2.2 The Utilitarian Critique
  • 2.3 The Marxist Critique
  • 3 More Recent Critiques
  • 3.1 The Cultural Relativist or Particularist Critique
  • 3.2 The Feminist Critique
  • 3.3 The Post-Colonial Critique
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Questions for Reflection
  • Part II International Law
  • 4 Sources
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Formal Sources
  • 3 Treaties
  • 3.1 The Principal Treaties
  • 3.2 The Importance of Treaties
  • 3.3 Revitalizing the Treaty System
  • 3.3.1 Additional protocols
  • 3.3.2 General comments or recommendations
  • 4 Customary International Law
  • 5 Jus Cogens
  • 6 General Principles of Law
  • 7 Judicial Decisions
  • 7.1 Interaction at the International and Regional Levels
  • 7.2 Interaction Between National Courts
  • 7.3 Human Rights Litigation
  • 8 Writings of Jurists
  • 9 Other Sources
  • 9.1 Work of Treaty Bodies
  • 9.2 Resolutions of International Institutions
  • 9.3 Other Forms of Soft Law
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 5 Special Character
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Relationship of Human Rights to General International Law
  • 3 The ‘Special Character’ of Human Rights Obligations
  • 4 Reservations
  • 4.1 Permissibility
  • 4.2 Responsibility for Assessment
  • 4.3 Consequences
  • 5 Remedies for Violations of Human Rights Obligations
  • 6 Withdrawal
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 6 Scope of Application
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Who Has Human Rights Obligations?
  • 3 Who Has Human Rights?
  • 3.1 Non-Nationals
  • 3.2 The Unborn
  • 3.3 Collective Entities
  • 4 For Which Entities is a State Responsible?
  • 4.1 Private Actors
  • 4.2 International Organizations
  • 4.3 Other States
  • 5 Where Do Human Rights Apply?
  • 5.1 The European Human Rights System
  • 5.1.1 The spatial model
  • 5.1.2 The personal model
  • 5.1.3 The procedural model
  • 5.2 The Inter-American Human Rights System
  • 5.3 The African System of Human Rights
  • 5.4 The UN System of Human Rights
  • 5.4.1 The ICCPR
  • 5.4.2 The ICESCR
  • 5.5 Overall Assessment
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 7 Rights and Obligations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 From Rights to Obligations
  • 3 Obligations to Respect, Protect, and Fulfil Rights
  • 3.1 The Obligation to Respect
  • 3.2 The Obligation to Protect
  • 3.3 The Obligation to Fulfil
  • 3.4 Beyond the Tripartite Typology
  • 4 Obligations and Limitations
  • 4.1 Absolute Obligations
  • 4.2 Derogations and Limitations
  • 4.3 Progressive and Non-Retrogressive Obligations
  • 5 The State as a Duty-Holder
  • 5.1 Extraterritorial Obligations
  • 5.2 Obligations and Accountability
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Questions for Reflection
  • Part III Substantive Rights
  • 8 Equality and Non-Discrimination
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Meaning of Equality and Non-Discrimination
  • 2.1 Formal Equality
  • 2.2 Substantive Equality
  • 3 Equality and Non-Discrimination in International Law
  • 3.1 Sources
  • 3.2 Scope: Subordinate and Autonomous Norms
  • 3.3 Prohibited Grounds of Distinction
  • 4 Direct and Indirect Discrimination
  • 4.1 Direct Discrimination
  • 4.2 Indirect Discrimination
  • 4.3 Discriminatory Intention
  • 5 Justified and Unjustified Distinctions
  • 5.1 The Justification Test
  • 5.2 Standard of Review
  • 5.3 Evidence and Proof
  • 6 Positive Action
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 9 Integrity of the Person
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Respect for Human Dignity
  • 1.2 Integrity of the Person
  • 2 The Right to be Free From Torture and Ill-Treatment
  • 2.1 Sources
  • 2.2 Legal Status
  • 2.3 Definition
  • 2.3.1 Severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental
  • 2.3.2 Specific purpose
  • 2.3.3 Public official
  • 2.3.4 Pain or suffering arising from lawful sanctions
  • 2.4 State Obligations
  • 2.5 Specific Practices
  • 3 The Right to Life
  • 3.1 Sources
  • 3.2 Legal Status
  • 3.3 Territorial Scope
  • 3.4 Temporal Scope: Beginning and End of Life
  • 3.5 Material Scope: the Prohibition of Arbitrary Deprivation of Life
  • 3.6 Specific Practices
  • 3.6.1 Lethal force by police and security forces
  • 3.6.2 The death penalty
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 10 Adequate Standard of Living
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Meaning and Features
  • 2.1 Duties of the Individual
  • 2.2 State Obligations
  • 2.3 Equality and Non-Discrimination as an Overarching Principle
  • 3 Normative Content
  • 3.1 The Right to Food
  • 3.1.1 Sources
  • 3.1.2 Components and obligations
  • 3.1.3 The right to water
  • 3.1.4 Realization
  • 3.2 The Right to Housing
  • 3.2.1 Sources
  • 3.2.2 Components and obligations
  • 3.2.3 Realization
  • 3.3 The Right to Health
  • 3.3.1 Sources
  • 3.3.2 Components and obligations
  • 3.3.3 Realization
  • 4 Categories and Groups of People with Special Concerns
  • 4.1 Women
  • 4.2 Children
  • 4.3 Indigenous Peoples
  • 4.4 Dalits in South Asia and Roma in Europe
  • 5 Relationship With Other Human Rights
  • 5.1 The Right to Social Security and Social Assistance
  • 5.2 Civil and Political Rights
  • 6 Progressive Implementation
  • 7 The Importance of International Monitoring and Recourse Procedures
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 11 Thought, Expression, Association, and Assembly
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Four Freedoms and their Relationships
  • 1.2 Limitations
  • 2 Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion
  • 2.1 Sources
  • 2.2 Scope
  • 2.3 Freedom of Religion or Belief
  • 2.3.1 Manifestation of religion
  • 2.3.2 Freedom to change religion or belief
  • 2.3.3 Proselytism
  • 2.3.4 Religion and the state
  • 2.4 Limitations
  • 2.4.1 Forum internum and forum externum
  • 2.4.2 Grounds of limitation
  • Religious clothing and symbols
  • Conscientious objection to military service
  • 3 Freedom of Opinion and Expression
  • 3.1 Sources
  • 3.2 Scope
  • 3.2.1 Freedom of opinion
  • 3.2.2 Freedom of expression
  • The internet
  • 3.2.3 Media freedom
  • 3.2.4 Freedom of information laws
  • 3.3 Limitations
  • 3.3.1 Privacy
  • 3.3.2 Defamation
  • 3.3.3 Hate speech
  • Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and Holocaust denial
  • Blasphemy
  • 4 Freedom of Association
  • 4.1 Sources
  • 4.2 Scope
  • 4.2.1 The right not to associate
  • 4.2.2 The right to strike
  • 4.3 Limitations
  • 4.3.1 Banning political parties
  • 4.3.2 Additional limitations applicable to military and police
  • 5 Freedom of Assembly
  • 5.1 Sources
  • 5.2 Scope
  • 5.3 Limitations
  • 5.3.1 Prior notifications and permits
  • 5.3.2 Repressive restrictions
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 12 Education and Work
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Right to Education
  • 2.1 Sources
  • 2.1.1 Universal instruments
  • 2.1.2 Regional instruments
  • 2.2 Features
  • 2.3 The Aims of Education
  • 2.4 Components
  • 2.4.1 Access to education on a non-discriminatory basis
  • 2.4.2 The right to enjoy free and compulsory primary education
  • 2.4.3 Free choice of education
  • 2.4.4 The right to be educated in the language of one’s own choice
  • 2.5 Types of Obligations
  • 2.6 Relationship With Other Human Rights
  • 3 The Right to Work and Work-Related Rights
  • 3.1 Sources
  • 3.1.1 Universal instruments
  • 3.1.2 Regional instruments
  • 3.1.3 ILO conventions
  • 3.2 Features
  • 3.3 Components
  • 3.4 Obligations
  • 3.5 Relationship With Other Human Rights
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 13 Detention and Trial
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Freedom From Arbitrary Detention
  • 2.1 Sources
  • 2.2 Scope and Types of Obligations
  • 2.3 Permissible Deprivations of Liberty
  • 2.3.1 Legality
  • 2.3.2 Arbitrariness
  • 2.4 Guarantees to Those Deprived of Their Liberty
  • 2.4.1 Rights of all detainees
  • Right to be informed of reasons for detention
  • Right to humane treatment
  • Rights to challenge the legality of detention and remedies
  • 2.4.2 Rights of those detained on a criminal charge
  • 2.4.3 Rights of foreign nationals
  • 2.5 Emergency Detention Powers
  • 3 Enforced Disappearance
  • 4 Security of the Person
  • 5 The Right to a Fair Trial
  • 5.1 Sources
  • 5.2 Scope and Types of Obligations
  • 5.3 Generally Applicable Fair Trial Guarantees
  • 5.3.1 Equality before the courts
  • Equal access
  • Equality of arms and treatment without discrimination
  • 5.3.2 Hearing by a competent, independent, and impartial tribunal
  • 5.3.3 Fair and public hearing
  • ‘Fair’
  • ‘Public’
  • 5.4 Fair Trial Guarantees in Criminal Proceedings
  • 5.4.1 Presumption of innocence
  • 5.4.2 Freedom from self-incrimination
  • 5.4.3 Right to be informed of the charge
  • 5.4.4 Right to an adequate defence
  • 5.4.5 Right to review
  • 5.4.6 Ne bis in idem
  • 5.4.7 ‘No punishment without law’
  • 5.4.8 Protection of juveniles
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 14 Cultural Rights
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 What is ‘Cultural Life’?
  • 2.1 From High Culture to Popular Culture
  • 2.2 From Culture as the Life of the Mind to Culture as a Way of Life
  • 3 The Right to Take Part in Cultural Life
  • 3.1 The Normative Content of the Right to Take Part in Cultural Life
  • 3.2 Groups Requiring Special Attention
  • 3.3 Limitations to the Right
  • 4 The Right to Science
  • 4.1 Essential Elements of the Right
  • 4.2 Linkages With Other Rights
  • 4.3 Right to Science and Intellectual Property
  • 5 The Rights of Authors and Inventors
  • 5.1 Human Rights and Intellectual Property
  • 5.2 The Content and Limitations of the Right Under Article 15(1)(c) ICESCR
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 15 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Forms of Vulnerability
  • 3 Review of Law and Jurisprudence
  • 3.1 Protection of Privacy Rights
  • 3.2 Discrimination
  • 3.3 General Human Rights Protection
  • 4 Legal Initiatives to Bridge the Gap Between Law and Practice
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 16 Women’s Rights
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A New Era of Non-Discrimination on the Ground of Sex and Equality with Men
  • 2.1 The Position Prior to 1945
  • 2.2 The UDHR and the International Covenants
  • 3 The Substantive Equality Approach of CEDAW
  • 3.1 Towards a Robust Understanding of Equality
  • 3.2 Limitations of the CEDAW Approach
  • 4 Mainstreaming Women’s Human Rights
  • 4.1 Re-Imagining the Universal Subject: the Approach of the Human Rights Committee
  • 4.2 Analysing the Relationship Between Gender and Racial Discrimination: the Approach of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • 4.3 Addressing the Inequality of Both Women and Men: the Approach of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • 4.4 Recognizing Gender as a Key Factor: the Approach of the Committee Against Torture
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 17 Children’s Rights
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Importance of Looking Beyond Law
  • 3 The ‘Child’ for the Purposes of the CRC
  • 4 A Eurocentric Instrument?
  • 5 The Role of the CRC Committee
  • 6 Rights and Principles Under the CRC
  • 6.1 Bringing Economic, Civil, Social, Political, and Cultural Rights Together
  • 6.2 General Principles
  • 6.2.1 Non-discrimination (Article 2)
  • 6.2.2 Best interests of the child (Article 3(1))
  • 6.2.3 Right to life, survival, and development (Article 6)
  • 6.2.4 Right to respect for the views of the child (Article 12)
  • 7 Obligations Imposed by the CRC
  • 8 Duty-Bearers Under the CRC
  • 9 Jurisdiction and Beyond Under the CRC
  • 10 Limitations
  • 11 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 18 Group Rights
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Group Rights
  • 1.2 Group Rights v Rights of Individuals
  • 1.3 Relevance of Group Rights
  • 2 The Right to Self-Determination
  • 2.1 Definition
  • 3 The Application of the Right to Self-Determination
  • 3.1 Colonial Context
  • 3.2 Outside the Colonial Context
  • 4 The Exercise of the Right to Self-Determination
  • 4.1 External and Internal Self-Determination
  • 4.2 Procedures for Exercising the Right to Self-Determination
  • 5 Limitations on the Exercise of the Right to Self-Determination
  • 5.1 Rights of Others
  • 5.2 Territorial Integrity
  • 5.3 Other Limitations
  • 6 Minorities
  • 6.1 Defining ‘Minorities’
  • 6.2 Rights of Minorities
  • 6.3 Exercise of Minority Rights
  • 6.4 Individual v Group Rights of Minorities
  • 7 Indigenous Peoples
  • 7.1 Defining ‘Indigenous Peoples’
  • 7.2 The Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • 7.3 Exercise of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Questions for Reflection
  • Part IV Protection
  • 19 United Nations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Human Rights Council
  • 2.1 Composition, Working Methods, and Mandate
  • 2.2 Universal Periodic Review
  • 2.3 Responses to Urgent and Country Situations
  • 2.4 Special Procedures
  • 2.5 Complaint Procedure
  • 2.6 Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
  • 2.7 Other Subsidiary Bodies
  • 2.8 Review and Other Discussions
  • 2.9 Conclusion
  • 3 The Treaty-Based Bodies
  • 3.1 State Reporting
  • 3.2 General Comments
  • 3.3 Inquiries
  • 3.4 Complaints Procedures
  • 3.4.1 Inter-state complaints
  • 3.4.2 Individual complaints
  • 3.5 Treaty Body Coordination, Harmonization, Reform, and Strengthening
  • 3.6 Conclusion
  • 4 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • 5 Human Rights Activities in Other Parts of the UN
  • 5.1 General Assembly
  • 5.2 Security Council
  • 5.3 Secretary-General
  • 5.4 International Court of Justice
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 20 Regional Protection
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Development of Human Rights Norms at Regional and UN Levels
  • 3 Regional Human Rights Institutions
  • 4 Convergence and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Protection
  • 4.1 Effective and Harmonious Interpretation
  • 4.2 The Margin of Appreciation in the Regional Human Rights Systems
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 21 The Americas
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Historical Overview
  • 3 American Convention on Human Rights
  • 4 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
  • 4.1 Structure and Composition
  • 4.2 Individual Complaints Procedures
  • 4.3 Other Roles of the Commission
  • 5 Inter-American Court of Human Rights
  • 5.1 Structure and Composition
  • 5.2 Contentious Cases
  • 5.3 Court-Ordered Reparations and State Compliance
  • 5.4 Interim Measures
  • 5.5 Advisory Jurisdiction
  • 6 Challenges to the Inter-American System
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 22 Europe
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Organization for Security and Co‑Operation in Europe
  • 3 The Council of Europe
  • 3.1 Origins
  • 3.2 Key Institutions
  • 3.3 Key Instruments
  • 4 The European Convention on Human Rights
  • 4.1 Substantive Rights
  • 4.2 Institutional and Procedural Background
  • 4.3 Complaints Procedures
  • 4.3.1 Inter-state applications
  • 4.3.2 Individual applications
  • 4.4 Resolution of Complaints
  • 4.4.1 Friendly settlement
  • 4.4.2 Adjudication on the merits
  • 4.5 Supervision of the Execution of Judgments
  • 5 The European Union
  • 5.1 Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union
  • 5.2 The Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • 5.3 The Fundamental Rights Agency and the Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 23 Africa
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Historical Overview
  • 3 The African Charter and Other Relevant Treaties
  • 3.1 Norms Recognized in the African Charter
  • 3.2 Duties and Limitations
  • 3.3 Protection of Women, Children, and Vulnerable Groups
  • 4 The Protective Mechanisms
  • 4.1 The African Commission
  • 4.1.1 Structure and composition
  • 4.1.2 The complaints procedure
  • 4.1.3 Consideration of state reports
  • 4.1.4 Special Rapporteurs and working groups
  • 4.1.5 On-site visits
  • 4.1.6 Resolutions
  • 4.1.7 Relationship with NGOs
  • 4.1.8 Interaction with AU political bodies
  • 4.2 The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
  • 4.2.1 Background
  • 4.2.2 Composition
  • 4.2.3 Procedure
  • 4.3 The AU Main Organs and Human Rights
  • 4.3.1 Overview
  • 4.3.2 Pan-African Parliament
  • 4.3.3 The Economic, Social and Cultural Council
  • 4.3.4 Peace and Security Council
  • 4.4 The African Peer Review Mechanism
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 24 Within the State
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Substantive Protections
  • 2.1 Incorporation of International Human Rights Norms into Domestic Law
  • 2.1.1 Customary international law
  • 2.1.2 Human rights treaties in monist jurisdictions
  • 2.1.3 Human rights treaties in dualist jurisdictions
  • 2.1.4 The relevance of unincorporated human rights treaties and soft law
  • 2.2 Constitutional Guarantees of Human Rights
  • 2.2.1 Development of constitutional rights
  • 2.2.2 Content of constitutional rights
  • 2.3 Legislative Protection of Human Rights
  • 2.3.1 Legislative bills of rights
  • 2.3.2 Legislative protection of human rights through other means
  • 2.4 Common Law Protection of Human Rights
  • 3 Institutional Protections
  • 3.1 The Courts
  • 3.2 The Executive
  • 3.3 The Legislature
  • 3.4 Other Bodies
  • 3.4.1 Ombudsmen
  • 3.4.2 National human rights institutions
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • Part V Linkages
  • 25 International Humanitarian Law
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 What is International Humanitarian Law?
  • 3 Different Approaches; Shared Values
  • 4 Reasons for the Application of Human Rights Law in Armed Conflict
  • 4.1 Non-Applicability of International Humanitarian Law
  • 4.2 Generally Higher Standards of Protection
  • 4.3 Enforcement Mechanisms
  • 5 The Relationship Between the Two Bodies of Law
  • 5.1 Rights Exclusively Matters of International Humanitarian Law
  • 5.2 Rights Exclusively Matters of International Human Rights Law
  • 5.3 Rights Matters of Both International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law
  • 5.3.1 Lex specialis
  • 5.3.1.1 Lex specialis as modification
  • 5.3.1.2 Lex specialis as application
  • 5.3.2 Taking into account any relevant rules of international law
  • 6 Difficulties with the Application of International Human Rights Law to Armed Conflict
  • 6.1 Asymmetrical Obligations Between the Parties
  • 6.2 Differential Obligations Within a Coalition
  • 6.3 Sphere of Applicability
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 26 International Criminal Law
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Human Rights Law and International Crimes
  • 2.1 Genocide
  • 2.1.1 Definition
  • 2.1.2 External element
  • 2.1.3 Protected groups
  • 2.1.4 The context of genocide
  • 2.1.5 Internal element
  • 2.2 Crimes Against Humanity
  • 2.2.1 Context: widespread or systematic attack
  • 2.2.2 Context: policy
  • 2.2.3 External element
  • 2.2.4 Internal element
  • 2.3 War Crimes
  • 2.4 Aggression
  • 3 Prosecutions: International and National
  • 4 Non-Prosecutorial Options
  • 4.1 Amnesties
  • 4.2 Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 27 International Refugee Law
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 What is International Refugee Law?
  • 3 Fundamental Elements of International Refugee Law
  • 4 Relationship Between the Two Bodies of Law
  • 5 Human Rights and Refugee Status
  • 6 Refugee Non-Refoulement and Human Rights
  • 6.1 Push Backs at Sea
  • 6.2 ‘Climate Refugees’: Refoulement to Pollution or Risks to Health Related to Climate Change
  • 6.3 Border Closures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 7 Rights of Refugees
  • 8 The End of Refugee Status and Solutions for Refugees
  • 9 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • Part VI Challenges
  • 28 Non-State Actors
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Globalization, Privatization, Fragmentation, Feminization, and Criminalization
  • 3 The Legal Framework
  • 3.1 Human Rights Treaties and the State’s Positive Obligations
  • 3.2 Human Rights Crimes Committed by Non-State Actors
  • 3.3 The Obligation of Non-Refoulement Towards Threats to Human Rights Posed by Non-State Actors
  • 3.4 National Law and Horizontal Effect
  • 4 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Move Towards Accountability
  • 4.1 The UN Guiding Principles
  • 4.2 Evolving Mechanisms for Complaints of Human Rights Violations by Companies
  • 4.3 Human Rights Compliance as a Criterion for Ethical Investment
  • 4.4 Corporations Bound by International Criminal Law
  • 5 Armed Non-State Actors
  • 6 Human Rights Sanctions Regimes
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 29 Terrorism
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Is Terrorism a Violation of Human Rights?
  • 3 Applicability of Human Rights Law in the Fight Against Terrorism
  • 3.1 Times of Armed Conflict or Emergency
  • 3.2 Extraterritorial Applicability of Human Rights Law
  • 4 The Notion of Terrorism and Its Misuse
  • 5 Substantive Challenges to Human Rights Law in the Fight Against Terrorism
  • 5.1 Freedom from Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment
  • 5.2 Right to Liberty and Right to a Fair Trial
  • 5.3 Right to Non-Discrimination
  • 5.4 Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
  • 6 An Institutional Challenge: Terrorist Listing by the Security Council
  • 7 Conclusion: Will the Pendulum be Swinging Back and Forth?
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 30 Poverty
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Poverty and Human Rights
  • 2.1 Poverty as Measured by Development Practitioners
  • 2.2 Poverty as Examined by Human Rights Bodies
  • 3 Divergence of Poverty Reduction and Human Rights Agendas
  • 3.1 Resistance to Human Rights Discourse in Economic Thinking
  • 3.2 The Perspective of Central Banks and Ministries of Finance
  • 4 Convergence of Poverty Reduction and Human Rights Agendas
  • 4.1 Trends in Economic Thinking Congruent with Human Rights
  • 4.2 Human Rights Approaches in Development Policies and Practices
  • 4.2.1 UN development cooperation
  • 4.2.2 Poverty-reduction strategies
  • 4.2.3 Human rights in the 2030 Development Agenda
  • 4.2.4 Bilateral development cooperation
  • 4.2.5 The right to development
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 31 Climate Change
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Climate Change in International Human Rights Law: Rights and Obligations
  • 2.1 Rights
  • 2.2 Obligations
  • 3 Human Rights in International Climate Change Law
  • 3.1 1992 FCCC, 1997 Kyoto Protocol, and the 2010 Cancun Agreements
  • 3.2 The 2015 Paris Agreement and its 2018 Rulebook
  • 3.3 Limits of the Climate Change Regime
  • 4 Climate Change Litigation
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • 32 Pandemics
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Obligations to Prepare for and Prevent Pandemics
  • 2.1 Human Rights Obligations
  • 2.2 International Health Law
  • 2.3 Persistent Failures to Meet Obligations
  • 2.3.1 Short-sightedness and under-resourcing
  • 2.3.2 Siloed approach
  • 3 Responding to a Pandemic
  • 3.1 Priorities in Pandemic Responses
  • 3.2 Striking the Appropriate Balance Between Rights
  • 3.2.1 Limitations
  • Prescribed by law
  • Legitimate purpose
  • Necessity and proportionality
  • 3.2.2 Derogations
  • 3.2.3 The impact of uncertainty
  • 3.2.4 Distributive justice
  • 4 International Cooperation
  • 4.1 International Assistance and Cooperation
  • 4.2 Stockpiling of Vaccines
  • 4.3 Intellectual Property-Related Barriers
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Useful Websites
  • Questions for Reflection
  • Index