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The twilight of human rights law /
"Countries solemnly intone their commitment to human rights, and they ratify endless international treaties and conventions designed to signal that commitment. At the same time, there has been no marked decrease in human rights violations, even as the language of human rights has become the dom...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
Ã2014.
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| Colección: | Inalienable rights series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Series; The Twilight of Human Rights Law; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; 1 The History of International Human Rights Law; 1.1 Prehistory-Before World War II; 1.2 The Universal Declaration; 1.3 The Cold War Era; 1.4 The Modern Era; 2 The Law and Institutions of Human Rights; 2.1 The Proliferation of Treaties; 2.2 The UN Committees, Council, and High Commission; 2.3 The European Court and Other Regional Bodies; 2.4 International Criminal Law and Judicial Institutions; 2.5 National Institutions; 3 Why Do States Enter into Human Rights Treaties?
- 3.1 To Improve Human Rights3.2. The Costs of Entering into Human Rights Treaties; 3.3. The "Western Imperialism" Criticism and Its Limits; 4 Do States Comply with Human Rights Treaties?; 4.1 Human Rights Treaties and the Question of Compliance; 4.2 Some Data; 4.3 The Studies; 5 Why Do States Comply (or Not Comply) with Human Rights Treaties?; 5.1 International Incentives to Comply; 5.2. Domestic Incentives to Comply; 5.3 Ambiguity and Inconsistency; 5.4 Why International Organizations Are No Solution; 5.5 A Failure of Will; 5.6 The Problem of Epistemic Uncertainty.
- 5.7 The Importance of Political Participation; 5.8 Reprise; 6 Human Rights and War; 6.1 The Human Rights Peace; 6.2 Humanitarian Interventions; 6.3 The League of Democracies; 7 A Fresh Start: Human Rights and Development; 7.1 Three Dead Ends; 7.2 The White Man's Burden; Acknowledgments; Appendix: List of Rights; Notes; Further Readings; Index.