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.
Human Rights and the Digital Divide
1st Edition
By Anne Peacock
December 18, 2020
The Internet’s importance for freedom of expression and other rights comes in part from the ability it bestows on users to create and share information, rather than just receive it. Within the context of existing freedom of expression guarantees, this book critically evaluates the goal of bridging ...
Arabs at Home and in the World: Human Rights, Gender Politics, and Identity
1st Edition
Edited
By Karla McKanders
September 30, 2020
This volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from the United States, the Middle East, and North Africa, to discuss and critically analyze the intersection of gender and human rights laws as applied to individuals of Arab descent. It seeks to raise consciousness at the ...
Civil and Political Rights in Japan: A Tribute to Sir Nigel Rodley
1st Edition
Edited
By Saul J. Takahashi
September 30, 2020
The human rights issues in Japan are multifaceted. Over decades, domestic and international human rights organisations have raised concerns, but government obstinacy has meant there has been little progress. Recommendations of UN human rights bodies are routinely ignored, and statements by the ...
Criminal Punishment and Human Rights: Convenient Morality
1st Edition
By Adnan Sattar
September 30, 2020
This book examines the relationship between international human rights discourse and the justifi cations for criminal punishment. Using interdisciplinary discourse analysis, it exposes certain paradoxes that underpin the ‘International Bill of Human Rights’, academic commentaries on human rights ...
Human Rights in the Media: Fear and Fetish
1st Edition
Edited
By Michelle Farrell, Eleanor Drywood, Edel Hughes
September 30, 2020
This collection sets about untangling some of the knotty issues in the underexplored relationship between human rights and the media. We investigate how complex debates in political, judicial, academic and public life on the role and value of human rights are represented in the media, particularly,...
Shifting Centres of Gravity in Human Rights Protection: Rethinking Relations between the ECHR, EU, and National Legal Orders
1st Edition
Edited
By Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Antoine Buyse
August 14, 2020
This book brings together researchers from the fields of international human rights law, EU law and constitutional law to reflect on the tug-of-war over the positioning of the centre of gravity of human rights protection in Europe. It addresses both the position of the Convention system vis-à-vis ...
Socio-Economic Rights in Emerging Free Markets: Comparative Insights from India and China
1st Edition
Edited
By Surya Deva
August 14, 2020
In the last decade or so, China and India have emerged on the global stage as two powerful free market economies. The tremendous economic growth in China and India has meant that they have been able to lift millions of people out of the poverty trap. This growth has not, however, been without ...
The Right to housing in law and society
1st Edition
By Nico Moons
August 14, 2020
From the very first negotiations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights half a century ago to the present day, socio-economic rights have often been regarded as less enforceable than civil and political rights. The right to adequate housing, even though protecting one...
Beyond Human Rights and the War on Terror
1st Edition
Edited
By Satvinder Juss
June 30, 2020
This edited collection provides a comprehensive, insightful, and detailed study of a vital area of public policy debate as it is currently occurring in countries across the world from India to South Africa and the United Kingdom to Australia. Bringing together academics and experts from a variety ...
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers: Towards a Hybrid Solution
1st Edition
By Cassandra Mudgway
June 30, 2020
Sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers is not an isolated or recent problem, but it has been present in almost every peacekeeping operation. A culture of sexual exploitation and abuse is contrary to the UN’s zero-tolerance policy and has been the target of institutional ...
Human Rights and America's War on Terror
1st Edition
Edited
By Satvinder Juss
February 25, 2020
This volume examines the success of the 9/11 attacks in undermining the cherished principles of Western democracy, free speech and tolerance, which were central to US values. It is argued that this has led to the USA fighting disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to sanctioning the use of ...
Contemporary Human Rights Challenges: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Continuing Relevance
1st Edition
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By Carla Ferstman, Tony Gray
January 14, 2020
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was drafted by the UN Commission on Human Rights in the aftermath of the World War II in an attempt to address the wrongs of the past and plan for a better future for all. With contributions from President Jimmy Carter, UNESCO Secretary General ...