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Law, Cultural Studies and the "Burqa Ban" Trend
Verschijnt 1 juli 2021
This book offers an in-depth account of the "burqa ban" trend, bringing together law and cultural studies. With a focus on Europe and America, leading academics and professionals provide insights to value and identity politics, diversity, discrimination, human rights and the discussions surrounding the national and international courts' contradictory judgments.Hardback -
Rights of Families of Disappeared Persons
Verschijnt 21 juni 2021
This book examines how international judicial and non-judicial bodies in Europe address the needs of the families of forcibly disappeared persons.Hardback€ 79,- -
Blurred Lines of Responsibility and Accountability
Verschijnt 9 april 2021
This book discusses how delivering a Mega-Sporting Event (MSE) can impact human rights and highlights the challenges of dealing with cases of MSE-related human rights abuses and establishing legal responsibility.Paperback€ 75,- -
Gelijk zijn versus gelijk krijgen
Verschijnt 4 maart 2021
Het boek onderzoekt of het Gelijkekansendecreet van 2018 werkt in de praktijk. Het is opgebouwd rond drie grote delen: een rechtsvergelijkend deel, een analyse van de rechtspraak op grond van het Gelijkekansendecreet en een evaluatie daarvan , en een beantwoording van enkele specifieke vragen van de overheid.
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Looking at Law through Children's Eyes
Verschijnt 4 januari 2021
Since the adoption of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, all children in the world have rights that are protected by states - at least in theory. In practice, children's rights are grossly violated on a daily basis and on a global scale. This publication proposes that a better understanding of children's rights violations may be achieved if looking at law from a child's perspective.Paperback€ 90,- -
Non-Regression in International Environmental Law
Verschijnt 14 december 2020
This book analyses the emerging concept of 'non-regression' as a novel legal principle of international environmental law. In order to do so, it traces the development of related concepts in the framework of international human rights law and advocates their application to international environmental law using a novel approach of comparative law method.Hardback€ 139,- -
European Yearbook on Human Rights 2020
Verschijnt 1 december 2020
The European Yearbook on Human Rights brings together renowned scholars, emerging voices and practitioners. Split into parts devoted to recent developments in the European Union, the Council of Europe and the OSCE as well as through reports from the field, the contributions engage with some of the most important human rights issues and developments in Europe.Paperback€ 95,- -
Culture in the State Reporting Procedure of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Verschijnt 24 november 2020
Ever since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 there has been a debate on the issue of universality and cultural diversity. The UN human rights treaty bodies have an important role to play in ensuring a proper balance between safeguarding the universality of the rights, while at the same time leaving room for cultural particularities. This book examines how the UN treaty bodies, in particular the Human Rights Comm...Paperback€ 95,- -
The Transformative Potential of a Vulnerability Focus in Basic Assistance Policies
Verschijnt 22 oktober 2020
The term 'vulnerability' is often used in law and policy to refer to disadvantaged, marginalized or excluded human beings. This book explores how a vulnerability focus in basic assistance policies can contribute to substantive equality and therefore to the realization of universal human rights in the migration context. It concentrates on the potential that such a vulnerability focus can have to mitigate stigmatization and stereotyping and to f...Paperback€ 99,- -
A Re-examination of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in a Political Society in the Light of the Principle of Human Dignity
Verschijnt 15 oktober 2020
This book investigates what normative justification can be provided for economic, social and cultural rights guaranteed under international law and how this justification can or should impact the State obligations emerging from these rights.Paperback€ 79,-