Download or read book Essays on Human Rights and Terrorism written by C. A. Gearty and published by Cameron May, Limited. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conor Gearty has been writing on human rights, civil liberties and terrorism for over twenty-five years. In this book, his writings on the global, regional and comparative dimensions to his subject are brought together for the first time. The book contains articles from law journals and literary periodicals as well as written versions of a number of distinguished lectures on these topics that have been given by the author. There are also three especially commissioned pieces on the particular application of human rights law and practice in Asia, dealing with the universality of human rights, the impact of 'Asian values' on human rights, and the challenge posed by China for contemporary human rights thinking. With chapters on the United States and the European region, and also on such terrorism/human rights related problems as Northern Ireland, the book offers a broad overview of a series of legal issues pressing in on the world today.
Download or read book The Legal Protection of Human Rights written by Tom Campbell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The value and legitimacy of using courts to limit the powers of governments in the domain of human rights is a significant ongoing debate. This book provides a critical review that explores the alternative means for protecting and promoting human rights. This group of twenty-four leading human rights scholars from around the world present a variety of perspectives on the disappointing human rights outcomes of recent institutional developments and consider the prospects of reviving the moral force and political implications of human rights values.
Download or read book Human Rights and Criminal Justice for the Downtrodden written by Morten Bergsmo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains essays by leading international experts in the areas of international criminal law and international human rights law. Part One of the book contains eight essays in international criminal law, covering issues such as the crime of aggression; terrorism and the Statute of the International Criminal Court; the evolution of the law on crimes against humanity and genocide; the doctrine of universal jurisdiction; and the relationship between international human rights and international criminal law jurisprudence. Part Two has eight essays on economic, social and cultural rights, covering inter alia the right to development; genetic resources for food and agriculture; the right to food (also in armed conflict); the definition of cultural rights; and business and human rights. Part Three has six essays on minority rights dealing with issues such as the role of the Working Group on Minorities; the Hague, Oslo and Lund recommendations regarding minority questions; the protection of kin-minorities; and the situation of the Greenlanders. Part Four has fourteen essays on human rights issues such as citizenship and human rights; human rights law, the environment and indigenous peoples; the role of human rights institutions; leadership in the human rights movement; the sources of fundamental rights in the European Union; and human rights and traditional practices. The book also contains a comprehensive bibliography of Asbjørn Eide.
Download or read book Essays on International Terrorism written by Mohit Bhattacharya and published by Sarat Book Distributors. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the National Seminar on Global Terrorism, held at Burdwan in April 2002.
Download or read book Vulnerability and Human Rights written by Bryan S. Turner and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mass violence of the twentieth century&’s two world wars&—followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing&—has led to a heightened awareness of human beings&’ vulnerability and the precarious nature of the institutions they create to protect themselves from violence and exploitation. This vulnerability, something humans share amid the diversity of cultural beliefs and values that mark their differences, provides solid ground on which to construct a framework of human rights. Bryan Turner undertakes this task here, developing a sociology of rights from a sociology of the human body. His blending of empirical research with normative analysis constitutes an important step forward for the discipline of sociology. Like anthropology, sociology has traditionally eschewed the study of justice as beyond the limits of a discipline that pays homage to cultural relativism and the &“value neutrality&” of positivistic science. Turner&’s expanded approach accordingly involves a truly interdisciplinary dialogue with the literature of economics, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, and religion.
Download or read book Essays on Law and War at the Fault Lines written by Michael N. Schmitt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by Professor Michael N. Schmitt of Durham University draws together those of his articles published over the past two decades that have explored particular fault lines in the law of armed conflict. As such, they examine the complex interplay between warfare and law, seeking to identify where the law and warfare appear to diverge, and where such apparent divergence can be accommodated through contextual interpretation of the law. Each essay examines a particular issue in either the jus ad bellum (the law governing resort to force) or jus in bello (international humanitarian law) that has proven contentious in terms of applying extant norms to the evolving face of armed conflict. Among the topics addressed are counter-terrorism, cyber operations, asymmetrical warfare, assassination, environmental warfare and the participation of civilians in hostilities.
Download or read book Human Rights in a Posthuman World written by Upendra Baxi and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, which the author describes as a sequel to 'The Future of Human Rights', is an analysis of the state of human rights in a 'post human' and 'machinistic' world facing unprecedented security concerns, 'terrorist threats', and technoscience.
Download or read book Extreme Right Wing Political Violence and Terrorism written by Max Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection, senior experts explore all aspects of extreme right wing political violence, from the nature of the threat, processes of engagement, and ideology to the lessons that can be drawn from exiting such engagement. Further, right wing activism and political violence are compared with Jihadi violence and engagement. Also, the European experience is placed within a greater framework, including that of the United States and the Arab Spring. The book opens with an essay on U.S. far right groups, investigating their origins and processes of recruitment. It then delves into violence against UK Mosques and Islamic centers, the relationship between Ulster loyalism and far right extremism, the Dutch extremist landscape, and the July 2011 Norway attacks. Also discussed are how narratives of violence are built and justified, at what point do individuals join into violence, and how differently states respond to left-wing vs. right-wing extremism. This comparative work offers a unique look into the very nature of right wing extremism and will be a must-read for anyone studying political violence and terrorism
Download or read book The Dictates of Justice written by Owen M. Fiss and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rights Protection in the Age of Global Anti terrorism written by Jianfu Chen and published by Law in Context. This book was released on 2007 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on human concerns, especially the protection of human rights in the age of global anti-terrorism campaigns. While the essays mostly discuss issues in an Australian context, they are dealt with from a global perspective. Thus the issues raised mostly reach beyond national boundaries.Rights Protection in the Age of Global Anti-Terrorism is a special issue (Volume 25 No 1) of the journal Law in Context. The contents are listed below. You can read the abstract for each essay below by clicking on its title.Please note: this volume is currently out of print, and is only available in digital format. See the journals page of our website for more information.
Download or read book The Pursuit of a Brave New World in International Law written by Tiyanjana Maluwa and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pursuit of a Brave New World in International Law presents critical perspectives on various inter-related themes in the areas of human rights, international law, terrorism and international criminal justice. The discussions reflect the wide-ranging subjects that John Dugard has engaged with over the last five decades as an international law scholar, teacher and judge. The essays pay homage to Professor Dugard’s impressive body of work as both a theorist and practitioner of international law and international human rights law. While some of the discussions in the volume critically examine his views, as expressed in his academic writings, judicial opinions and official United Nations reports, others deal with subjects that have been inspired by or are related to Dugard’s work. Contributors are: Neil Boister, Trevor P. Chimimba, James Crawford, David Dyzenhaus, Christopher Greenwood, Larissa van den Herik, Christof Heyns, Maurice Kamto, Tiyanjana Maluwa, Max du Plessis, Thomas Probert, Arnold Pronto, Philippe Sands, William A. Schabas, Ivan Shearer, Hennie Strydom, Mia Swart, Dire Tladi, Annemarieke Vermeer-Künzli and Abdulqawi Yusuf.
Download or read book Security and Human Rights written by Benjamin Jervis Goold and published by Hart. This book was released on 2019 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Rights Now and Forever written by Ismail Serageldin and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is composed of several essays that all revolve around different facets of the essential set of issues that surround how to ensure Human Rights, for all people at all times.The opening essay entitled "Human Rights and the Supportive State" speaks about the history of Human Rights but emphasizes that Human Rights will only be truly respected in a supportive sovereign state. In it, I argue further that such a supportive state has to be a democratic state, with checks and balances, free press and a vigorous civil society.The second essay, entitled "Human Rights and Human Security" recognizes that the threats from hunger, climate change and other disasters have to be protected, and that it may well be appropriate to move from the classical concept of state security from military attacks down to the security of every Human individual.The essay after that deals with the thorny issue of how to treat suspects in terrorism cases, and whether their Human rights can be abridged in the name of expediency and the danger that terrorists represent. However, I find that protection of Human Rights for all must be respected.The next essay which goes by the title: "Moments from the American Past", looks at some examples from the history of the United States. It shows thatDespite slavery and genocide against the native Americans, the history of the USA is also a marvelous and inspiring story of a forward advance for ever more respect for human rights and more transparency, and that this evolving reality has made it an important beacon for Human Rights.The last essay is titled: "Srebrenica: Reflections on a Dark Past and a Bright Future". It was written on the occasion of launch of "The Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center" on 8 July 2021. The last part of that essay is addressed to youth and is quite forward looking and constitutes an appropriate ending for this collection of essays devoted to Human Rights.
Download or read book Balancing Liberty and Security written by Ludovic Hennebel and published by Wolf Legal Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of essays offers an in-depth analysis of the thorny dialectic between liberty and security in the context of terrorism. International terrorism has challenged the very foundations of the democratic societies and the protection of human rights. In this context, domestic and international institutions - and above all the Courts - were burdened with the significant mission to maintain the strenuous balance between liberty and security. These essays offer the critical views of scholars from several countries (France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, United States of America, Colombia, and Canada) on the responses of democracies to specific terrorism related issues."--Provided by publisher
Download or read book How Terrorism Is Wrong written by Virginia Held and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-21 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is terrorism? How is it different from other kinds of political violence? Why exactly is it wrong? Why is war often thought capable of being justified? On what grounds should we judge when the use of violence is morally acceptable? It is often thought that using violence to uphold and enforce the rule of law can be justified, that violence used in self-defense is acceptable, and that some liberation movements can be excused for using violence--but that terrorism is always wrong. How persuasive are these arguments, and on what bases should we judge them? How Terrorism is Wrong collects articles by Virginia Held along with much new material. It offers a moral assessment of various forms of political violence, with terrorism the focus of much of the discussion. Here and throughout, Held examines possible causes discussed, including the connection between terrorism and humiliation. Held also considers military intervention, conventional war, intervention to protect human rights, violence to prevent political change, and the status and requirements of international law. She looks at the cases of Rwanda, Kosovo, Iraq, and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Finally, she explores questions of who has legitimate authority to engage in justifiable uses of violence, whether groups can be responsible for ethnic violence, and how the media should cover terrorism. Held discusses appropriate ways of engaging in moral evaluation and improving our moral recommendations concerning the uses of violence. Just war theory has been developed for violence between the military forces of conflicting states, but much contemporary political violence is not of this kind. Held considers the guidance offered by such traditional moral theories as Kantian ethics and utilitarianism, and also examines what the newer approach of the ethics of care can contribute to our evaluations of violence. Care is obviously antithetical to violence since violence destroys what care takes pains to build; but the ethics of care recognizes that violence is not likely to disappear from human affairs, and can offer realistic understandings of how best to reduce it.
Download or read book Essays on Religion and Human Rights written by David Little and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of essays by David Little addresses human rights in relation to the historical settings in which its language was drafted and adopted. Featuring five original essays, Little articulates his view that fascist practices before and during World War II vivified the wrongfulness of deliberately inflicting severe pain, injury, and destruction for self-serving purposes and that the human rights corpus, developed in response, was designed to outlaw all practices of arbitrary force. He contends that while there must be an accountable human rights standard, it should guarantee latitude for the expression and practice of beliefs, consistent with outlawing arbitrary force. Little details the theoretical grounds of the relationship between religion and human rights, and concludes with essays on US policy and the restraint of force in regard to terrorism. With a foreword by John Kelsey, this book is a capstone of the work of this influential writer on religion, philosophy, and law"--
Download or read book Civil Rights and Security written by David Dyzenhaus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles in this volume focus on the appropriate relationship between rights and counterterrorism policy and form part of the surge of scholarship on security and human rights resulting from the 'war on terror'. The articles also take account of issues of security where terrorism is not a factor, and reflect the attempt to rethink more generally the concept of security and its relationship to rights.
