Olivier De Schutter

International Human Rights Law

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Produktbeschreibung

This accessible introduction provides a comprehensive survey of program music from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Exploring works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Mahler, Strauss, and others, it sets the ideas and repertoires of program music in context, with numerous illustrations and music examples.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1124
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 60mm
• Gewicht: 1892g
• ISBN-13: 9781107657212
• ISBN-10: 1107657210
• Artikelnr.: 40742448

Autorenporträt

Olivier De Schutter is the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food (2008-14) and a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. A professor at the University of Louvain (UCL) and at the College of Europe and a Member of the Global Law School Faculty at New York University, he has been Visiting Professor at a number of institutions, including Columbia University (2008-13). From 2002 to 2006, he chaired the EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, a high-level group of experts which advised the European Union institutions on fundamental rights issues. He has acted on a number of occasions as expert for the Council of Europe and for the European Union. Between 2004 and 2008, he was the General Secretary of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) on the issue of globalization and human rights.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Sources: 1. The emergence of international human rights
2. State responsibility and 'jurisdiction'
Part II. The Substantive Obligations: 3. The typology of States' obligations and the obligation to respect human rights
4. The application of human rights in private relationships and the obligation to protect
5. The progressive realization of human rights and the obligation to fulfil
6. Derogations in time of public emergency
7. The prohibition of discrimination
Part III. The Mechanisms of Protection: 8. Ensuring compliance with international human rights law: the role of national authorities
9. The United Nations human rights treaties system
10. The United Nations Charter-based monitoring of human rights
11. Regional mechanisms of protection.

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Part I. The Sources: 1. The rise of international human rights; 2. State responsibility and 'jurisdiction'; Part II. The Substantive Obligations: 3. Respecting human rights: avoiding interference; 4. Protecting human rights: regulating private actors introduction; 5. Fulfilling human rights: progressive realization; 6. Derogations in time of public emergency; 7. The prohibition of discrimination; Part III. The Mechanisms of Protection: 8. Ensuring compliance with international human rights law: the role of national authorities; 9. The United Nations human rights treaties system introduction; 10. The United Nations charter-based monitoring of human rights; 11. Regional mechanisms of protection.

Rezensionen

'A masterpiece by one of the most learned and brilliant scholar in the field. This unique, omprehensive and updated textbook covers all aspects of international human rights law, raising all the sensitive issues today. It is an indispensable instrument for those - lawyers, civil servants, judges, professors, NGOs - who want to mobilize human rights in their practice.' Françoise Tulkens, former judge at the European Court of Human Rights