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International Bill of Rights: Humanity’s Agreement to Live Together revives a plan for humanity that was created after 70 million people were killed in WWII: an International Bill of Rights enforcea……続きを見る

This open access book offers a detailed analysis of how legal perceptions and regulations surrounding marriage changed in Ethiopia from the earliest times of statehood until the fall of the Ethiopia……続きを見る

"Protest is like begging the powers that be to dig a well. Direct action is digging the well and daring them to stop you." -Ann Livingston Here comes a book reconciling two seemingly antithetical co……続きを見る

This textbook provides an accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to genocide with an emphasis on the criminal aspect of genocide. It draws on sociological, political, and historical concepts ……続きを見る

This open access book presents a thorough, multidisciplinary examination of children’s rights in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with a focus on Lithuania. Pursuing a comparative approach, it explo……続きを見る

This collection focuses on minority women through the perspectives of minority rights and intersectionality to investigate key concepts such as discrimination, inequality, agency, participation, res……続きを見る

This book provides an in-depth, scholarly reflection on the challenges that arise in guaranteeing religious freedom and protection of the rights of religious minorities in law and practice. Currentl……続きを見る

This book investigates grassroots, community-led justice strategies – known as legal empowerment – being used to promote the human rights of people living in informal settlements in the Global South……続きを見る

The field of children’s rights studies is well established and largely dominated by a top-down approach that considers these rights as objective standards requiring implementation in practice or pol……続きを見る

This book is a ground-breaking study of how the European Court of Human Rights interprets Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to liberty and security. The right to liber……続きを見る

This volume explores climate litigation as a means to tackle the rights and socio-ecological, intergenerational, gender, racial, and other justice implications of the ever-growing vulnerability to c……続きを見る

This open access book consolidates a collection of scholarly papers presented at the academic conference titled "Corporate Human Rights Responsibility in OECD Case Law: Actors, Issues, Responsibilit……続きを見る

This open access book provides a state-of-the-field of the interactions between emerging national asylum governance systems and the 2018 United Nations Global Compact for Refugees (UN GCR). It provi……続きを見る

This book provides a global perspective on the accommodation of diversity within constitutional traditions, considering the most innovative approaches and legal instruments of the Global North and G……続きを見る

Appeals are a crucial part of Europe’s asylum system but they remain poorly understood. Building on insights and perspectives from legal geography and socio-legal studies, this book shines a light o……続きを見る

This is an open access book. Modern society is characterized by the fact of contingency, uncertainty, and ambiguity. The purpose of this book is to transform this phenomenal fact into a hopeful norm……続きを見る

Based on a series of themes and case studies, this book aims to illustrate the impact of sports policies and practices on individuals and their identities, and to analyze the potential solutions off……続きを見る

Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book discusses the potential of social innovation in the pursuit of social justice in Africa. In the twenty-first century, social innovation and entrepren……続きを見る

The book offers a comprehensive and clear introduction for students and those interested in human rights, written by a renowned human rights expert. It not only provides an introduction to the diver……続きを見る

Making human rights a reality requires that various types of domestic actors take measures, which is often demanding, all the more so in federal systems. This open access book, Engaging with Human R……続きを見る

This open access book, building on the legacy of food systems scholar and advocate, Jerome Kaufman, examines the potential and pitfalls of planning for urban agriculture (UA) in the United States, e……続きを見る

The Constitution of Namibia, a seminal document adopted on March 21, 1990, serves as a beacon of democratic governance and human rights in a region marked by colonialism and socio-political upheaval……続きを見る

Georg Jellinek's "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens" examines the fundamental principles of civil liberties and democratic governance established during the late Enlightenment per……続きを見る

This book discusses existing and future trends concerning the development of migratory policies between local and global levels, to understand the challenges and gaps in the protection of migrants. ……続きを見る

This book analyses the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) from the point of view of argumentative tools used by the Court to persuade the audience – States, applicants and public……続きを見る

This open access IMISCOE Regional Reader explores the issues faced by migrant groups in Southeast Asia and the challenges of getting of their human rights recognized. It analyses the different respo……続きを見る

This open access book shows how the adoption of global justice, such as eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), has given rise to controversy, resistance, and transformation at the……続きを見る

Die Verknüpfung von Migration und Terrorismus ist heute ein ebenso präsenter wie fragwürdiger Topos öffentlicher Debatten. Nach dem 11. September 2001 nahm diese Verknüpfung erheblich zu, die Themen……続きを見る

This is an open access book. Animals are the traditional blind spot in human rights theory. This book brings together the seemingly disparate discourses of human and animal rights, and looks at emer……続きを見る

This open access book provides insights into the everyday lives of long-term prisoners in Switzerland who are labelled as ‘dangerous’ and are preventatively held in indefinite, probably lifelong, in……続きを見る