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.
International Human Rights Law and Domestic Violence: The Effectiveness of International Human Rights Law
1st Edition
By Ronagh J.A. McQuigg
April 11, 2013
This innovative book examines the effectiveness of international human rights law, through the case study of domestic violence. Domestic violence is an issue that affects vast numbers of women throughout all nations of the world, but as it takes place between private individuals it does not come ...
The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law: Between Group Rights and Individual Rights
1st Edition
By Anat Scolnicov
September 10, 2012
This book analyses the right to religious freedom within international law. Analysing legal structures in a variety of both Western and non-Western jurisdictions, the book sets out a topography of the different constitutional structures of religion within the state and their compliance with ...
The Right to Development in International Law: The Case of Pakistan
1st Edition
By Khurshid Iqbal
May 08, 2012
The Right to Development in International Law rigorously explores the right to development (RTD) from the perspectives of international law as well as the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and the Islamic concept of social justice in Pakistan. The volume draws on a wide range of ...
Global Health and Human Rights: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By John Harrington, Maria Stuttaford
April 30, 2012
The right to health, having been previously neglected is now being deployed more and more often in litigation, activism and policy-making across the world. International bodies such as the WHO, UNAIDS, World Bank and WTO are increasingly using or being evaluated with reference to health rights, and...