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.
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
Edited
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 ...
Critical Indigenous Rights Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Giselle Corradi, Koen de Feyter, Ellen Desmet, Katrijn Vanhees
January 14, 2020
The field of ‘critical indigenous rights studies’ is a complex one that benefits from an interdisciplinary perspective and a realist (as opposed to an idealised) approach to indigenous peoples. This book draws on sociology of law, anthropology, political sciences and legal sciences in order to ...
Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Reform: Our Voices, Our Stories
1st Edition
Edited
By Eilionóir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Clíona de Bhailís, Maria Laura Serra
January 14, 2020
This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the ...
Freedom from Religion and Human Rights Law: Strengthening the Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief for Non-Religious and Atheist Rights-Holders
1st Edition
By Marika McAdam
December 12, 2019
Although human rights belong to all persons on the basis of their humanity, this book demonstrates that in the practice of international human rights law, the freedom to be non-religious or atheist does not receive the same protection as the freedom to be religious. Despite the claimed universality...
Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law: The Ends of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights
1st Edition
By Elaine Webster
December 09, 2019
Although scholars have shown longstanding interest in the boundaries of interpretation of the right not to be subjected to torture and other prohibited harm, the existing body of work does not sufficiently reflect the significance of the interpretive scope of degrading treatment. This book argues ...
Human Rights Law and Regulating Freedom of Expression in New Media: Lessons from Nordic Approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By Mart Susi, Jukka Viljanen, Eiríkur Jónsson, Artūrs Kučs
November 08, 2019
The Nordic countries are well known globally for their high human rights standards and, at the same time, high degree of internet freedom. This edited collection reveals how the Nordic countries have succeeded in the task of protecting freedom of expression in the new media. It contains an overview...
Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Belonging: The Right to Equal Belonging in a Democratic Society
1st Edition
By Elena Drymiotou
November 08, 2019
While every constitution includes a provision over the right to equal protection of the laws, perhaps with different terminology, this book interprets this right in a new way. Theories of the right to equal protection of the laws as the right to anti-subordination are the most influential theories ...
The Istanbul Convention, Domestic Violence and Human Rights
1st Edition
By Ronagh J.A. McQuigg
May 23, 2019
The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention) was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 7 April 2011. The Convention entered into force on 1 August 2014 and has currently been ratified by ...