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The Resource International human rights protection : balanced, critical, realistic, Marc Bossuyt ; prefaces, Theo van Boven, Paul Mahoney, (electronic resource)

International human rights protection : balanced, critical, realistic, Marc Bossuyt ; prefaces, Theo van Boven, Paul Mahoney, (electronic resource)

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International Human Rights Protection, addressed to judges and lawyers, diplomats and civil servants, researchers and students, is based on the author's personal research and personal involvement with a wide range of subjects, such as the basic concepts of civil and social rights, discrimination and affirmative action, issues of procedure and jurisdiction and issues such as the death penalty and the protection of refugees, minorities and victims of armed conflicts. At the universal level, the book introduces the reader to the labyrinth of United Nations Charter-based and treaty-based procedures. As well as an overview of the Inter-American and African systems, it deals at the regional level particularly with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and also looks at the national level at the case law of the US Supreme Court and the South African Constitutional Court. This book adopts a particularly critical approach to the so-called dynamic" interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Court of Strasbourg. It is the author's feeling that judges in particular those belonging to courts specialising in human rights have a tendency to systematically support interpretations benefitting the applicants while overlooking too easily the far-reaching implications of judgments for society as a whole. He prefers a more balanced and more realistic approach taking into account the difficulties democratic governments face in coping with the challenges of our present time and with the pressing needs of the realities of today's world. Marc Bossuyt has not only a vast academic experience as Professor of International Law (at the University of Antwerp), as Visiting Professor in universities in Africa America and Asia and as a researcher in the field of International Human Rights Protection. He also has extensive administrative experience (as Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons) diplomatic experience (as Member and Chairperson of United Nations Commissions Committees and Conferences on Human Rights) and judicial experience (as a Judge and President of the Belgian Constitutional Court).--
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eng
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1 online resource (xix, 231 pages)
Contents
  • The internal applicability of human rights treaty provisions
  • The death penalty and irreducible life sentences
  • Limits to the jurisdiction of the Court of Strasbourg?
  • The Court of Strasbourg and positive obligations
  • The protection of refugees in international law
  • The protection of minorities in international law
  • The protection of victims of armed conflicts
  • The concept of human rights
  • Social rights : a specific category of human rights?
  • The prohibition of discrimination
  • The concept of affirmative action
  • The UN charter-based human rights bodies
  • The UN human rights treaty bodies
  • Regional systems of protection of human rights
  • Procedural issues at the Durban Conference Against Racism
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9781780687537
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https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781780687537/type/BOOK
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International human rights protection : balanced, critical, realistic
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International human rights protection
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balanced, critical, realistic
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Marc Bossuyt ; prefaces, Theo van Boven, Paul Mahoney
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Language
eng
Summary
International Human Rights Protection, addressed to judges and lawyers, diplomats and civil servants, researchers and students, is based on the author's personal research and personal involvement with a wide range of subjects, such as the basic concepts of civil and social rights, discrimination and affirmative action, issues of procedure and jurisdiction and issues such as the death penalty and the protection of refugees, minorities and victims of armed conflicts. At the universal level, the book introduces the reader to the labyrinth of United Nations Charter-based and treaty-based procedures. As well as an overview of the Inter-American and African systems, it deals at the regional level particularly with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and also looks at the national level at the case law of the US Supreme Court and the South African Constitutional Court. This book adopts a particularly critical approach to the so-called dynamic" interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Court of Strasbourg. It is the author's feeling that judges in particular those belonging to courts specialising in human rights have a tendency to systematically support interpretations benefitting the applicants while overlooking too easily the far-reaching implications of judgments for society as a whole. He prefers a more balanced and more realistic approach taking into account the difficulties democratic governments face in coping with the challenges of our present time and with the pressing needs of the realities of today's world. Marc Bossuyt has not only a vast academic experience as Professor of International Law (at the University of Antwerp), as Visiting Professor in universities in Africa America and Asia and as a researcher in the field of International Human Rights Protection. He also has extensive administrative experience (as Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons) diplomatic experience (as Member and Chairperson of United Nations Commissions Committees and Conferences on Human Rights) and judicial experience (as a Judge and President of the Belgian Constitutional Court).--
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  • Boven, Th. C. van
  • Mahoney, Paul
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  • Human rights
  • International human rights courts
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International human rights protection : balanced, critical, realistic, Marc Bossuyt ; prefaces, Theo van Boven, Paul Mahoney, (electronic resource)
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https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781780687537/type/BOOK
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Contents
  • The internal applicability of human rights treaty provisions
  • The death penalty and irreducible life sentences
  • Limits to the jurisdiction of the Court of Strasbourg?
  • The Court of Strasbourg and positive obligations
  • The protection of refugees in international law
  • The protection of minorities in international law
  • The protection of victims of armed conflicts
  • The concept of human rights
  • Social rights : a specific category of human rights?
  • The prohibition of discrimination
  • The concept of affirmative action
  • The UN charter-based human rights bodies
  • The UN human rights treaty bodies
  • Regional systems of protection of human rights
  • Procedural issues at the Durban Conference Against Racism
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CR9781780687537
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 231 pages)
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online
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9781780687537
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(OCoLC)1057558620
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International human rights protection : balanced, critical, realistic, Marc Bossuyt ; prefaces, Theo van Boven, Paul Mahoney, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781780687537/type/BOOK
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
  • The internal applicability of human rights treaty provisions
  • The death penalty and irreducible life sentences
  • Limits to the jurisdiction of the Court of Strasbourg?
  • The Court of Strasbourg and positive obligations
  • The protection of refugees in international law
  • The protection of minorities in international law
  • The protection of victims of armed conflicts
  • The concept of human rights
  • Social rights : a specific category of human rights?
  • The prohibition of discrimination
  • The concept of affirmative action
  • The UN charter-based human rights bodies
  • The UN human rights treaty bodies
  • Regional systems of protection of human rights
  • Procedural issues at the Durban Conference Against Racism
Control code
CR9781780687537
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 231 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781780687537
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1057558620

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