The Human Rights Covenants at 50

Their Past, Present, and Future
Herausgeber: Moeckli, Daniel; Heri, Corina; Keller, Helen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fifty years after the UN General Assembly adopted the two human rights covenants, this volume brings together contributions considering the key issues facing the international human rights system today, taking stock of the achievements of the covenants, assessing their current influence, and exploring the future challenges facing them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780198825890
• ISBN-10: 0198825897
• Artikelnr.: 50905340

Autorenporträt

Daniel Moeckli is Assistant Professor of Public International Law and Constitutional Law at the University of Zurich and Fellow of the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre. He is the author of Human Rights and Non-discrimination in the 'War on Terror' (OUP, 2008), for which he was awarded the Paul Guggenheim Prize, and Exclusion from Public Space (CUP, 2016) as well as co-editor of International Human Rights Law (OUP, 2017). Before joining the University of Zurich, he was a Lecturer at the University of Nottingham and worked for the International Bar Association, Amnesty International, and the Supreme Court of the Canton of Berne. Helen Keller is Professor of Public Law, European and Public International Law at the University of Zurich and serves as a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Keller's research focuses on international human rights law, paying particular attention to the European Convention on Human Rights. She is, inter alia, the author of The Reception of International Law (2003; in German), the co-author of Friendly Settlements before the European Court of Human Rights (OUP, 2010) as well as the co-editor of Family Forms and Parenthood (2016), UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies - Law and Legitimacy (CUP, 2012), and A Europe of Rights: the Impact of the ECHR on National Legal Systems (OUP, 2008). In addition, she has published numerous articles in international peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Helen Keller and Daniel Moeckli: Introduction
* Part I: The Past: What Have the Covenants (Not) Achieved?
* 2: Maya Hertig Randall: The History of the Covenants: Looking Back
Half a Century and Beyond
* 3: Gerald Neuman: Giving Meaning and Effect to Human Rights: The
Contributions of Human Rights Committee Members
* 4: Daniel Moeckli: Interpretation of the ICESCR: Between Morality and
State Consent
* 5: Patrick Mutzenberg: The Role of NGOs in the Implementation of the
Covenants
* Part II: The Present: What Is the Influence of the Covenants?
* 6: Manisuli Ssenyonjo: Influence of the ICESCR in Africa
* 7: Basak Çali: Influence of the ICCPR in the Middle East
* 8: Mónica Pinto and Martin Sigal: Influence of the ICESCR in the
Americas
* 9: Yogesh Tyagi: Influence of the ICCPR in Asia
* 10: Amrei Müller: Influence of the ICESCR in Europe
* 11: Samantha Besson: The Influence of the Two Covenants on States
Parties Across Regions: Lessons for the Role of Comparative Law and
of Regions in International Human Rights Law
* Part III: The Future: What Should Become of the Covenants?
* 12: Stephen Humphreys: The Covenants in the Light of Anthropogenic
Climate Change
* 13: Christine Kaufmann: The Covenants and Financial Crises
* 14: Felice Gaer: The Institutional Future of the Covenants: A World
Court for Human Rights?