Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
About the Book Series
This series contains thought-provoking and original scholarship on human rights law. The books address civil and political rights as well as social, cultural and economic rights, and explore international, regional and domestic legal orders. The legal status, content, obligations and application of specific rights will be analysed as well as treaties, mechanisms and institutions designed to promote and protect rights.
Esports and Human Rights: Protection of Gamers in International Law
1st Edition
By Tsubasa Shinohara
February 23, 2027
This book examines how international human rights law can provide a framework for addressing challenges to human rights which occur within the esports and gaming ecosystem. Divided into two parts, Part I establishes the foundations of esports and human rights, beginning with the meaning of esports,...
Disability Rights in Higher Education: Universities as Disability Champions of Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Harpur, Lisa Waddington
February 05, 2027
For decades regulators and universities have adopted options to support students and, to a lesser extent staff, with disabilities. Critically, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have swept in a new paradigm, transforming ...
Access to and Freedom from Digital Technologies: Between Online and Offline Rights
1st Edition
By Elżbieta Kużelewska
January 22, 2027
Does the individual have a right not to use the internet? As public services, healthcare, social benefits, and political participation increasingly depend on digital technologies, access to the internet is becoming a condition of participation in social, economic, and political life. But what does ...
AI, Social Media, and the Law in Africa: A Human Rights Perspective
1st Edition
By Abdelrahaman Gamal Yacoub, Ibrahim Sabra, Mostafa Elkadi
October 30, 2026
Artificial intelligence now shapes what social media users see, say and share, through systems built for retention rather than for rights. This book asks whether African human rights law is equipped to respond. It examines the three rights those systems most directly affect: privacy, which the ...
Land, Control and Transnational Corporations: Local Communities and the Adequate Standard of Living
1st Edition
By Verónica Torres-Marenco
October 06, 2026
This book argues that in the era of transnational corporations’ control, a right to land for local communities requires a right to control land. Despite notable advances in the legal protection of the rights to land, this study demonstrates that these are not yet effective for local communities. ...
Transitional Justice Archives: Documenting Human Rights Violations in Latin America
1st Edition
Edited
By Anita Ferrara, Beatrice Canossi
August 27, 2026
Latin America has amassed comprehensive expertise in generating, managing, and providing access to archives documenting widespread human rights violations. This book explores and traces the multiple pathways that led to the creation and production of transitional justice archives in selected Latin ...
Detention and the Right to Liberty: Addressing Gaps in Protection at the European Court of Human Rights
1st Edition
By Sabina Garahan
July 20, 2026
This book is a ground-breaking study of how the European Court of Human Rights interprets Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to liberty and security. The right to liberty is a fundamental provision that is enshrined not only in the Convention but in all major human ...
Domestic Abuse and the European Court of Human Rights
1st Edition
By Ronagh J.A. McQuigg
July 20, 2026
This book provides a detailed critical analysis of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on domestic abuse. Such abuse affects vast numbers of people throughout all nations of the world. Although it was not until 2007 that domestic abuse was considered substantively by the ...
Human Rights Law and Corporate Regulation: A Neo-Concession Approach
1st Edition
By Jonathan Barrett
July 20, 2026
This book argues for an intensely humanist engagement with the company and presents a model of company regulation that is compatible with the protection, respect for and fulfilment of human rights. Dr Barrett provides a theoretical framing for corporate regulation in the context of human rights ...
Refugee Displacement, Disability and Human Rights: The Production, Processing and Power of Data
1st Edition
By Philippa Duell-Piening
July 20, 2026
This book presents a timely and innovative exploration of one of the first human rights articles about data production and processing: the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities article 31, ‘Statistics and data collection’. The study provides detailed explorations of the legal and ...
Beyond Hate Speech: Clearly Unlawful Content in EU Digital Law
1st Edition
By Marcin Rojszczak
June 15, 2026
This book provides a comprehensive examination of digital regulation's most pressing challenge: building effective legal frameworks to counter unlawful speech across digital platforms. Moving beyond traditional focus on service provider responsibility, it adopts a holistic approach examining ...
Bulk Surveillance, Democracy and Human Rights Law in Europe: A Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
By Marcin Rojszczak
May 22, 2026
This book discusses contemporary standards of legal safeguards in the area of bulk electronic surveillance from the perspective of the European legal model. Bulk, or untargeted, surveillance, although traditionally associated with the interception of electronic communications, is increasingly used ...