International human rights protection : balanced, critical, realistic / Marc Bossuyt ; prefaces, Theo van Boven, Paul Mahoney.

"[This book] is based on the author's personal research and personal involvement with a wide range of subjects, such as: the basic concepts of civil and social rights; discrimination and affirmative action; issues of procedure and jurisdiction; the death penalty; and issues such as the protection of...

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Main Author: Bossuyt, Marc J. (Author)
Other Authors: Boven, Th. C. van (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Mahoney, Paul (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Antwerp [Belgium] ; Portland [Oregon] : Intersentia Ltd, [2016]
Subjects:
Human rights.
International human rights courts > Europe.
International human rights courts.
Europe.
Physical Description:xix, 231 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The concept of human rights
  • Social rights : a specific category of human rights?
  • The prohibition of discrimination
  • The concept of affirmative action
  • The UN charter-based human rights bodies
  • The UN human rights treaty bodies
  • Regional systems of protection of human rights
  • Procedural issues at the Durban Conference Against Racism
  • The internal applicability of human rights treaty provisions
  • The death penalty and irreducible life sentences
  • Limits to the jurisdiction of the Court of Strasbourg?
  • The Court of Strasbourg and positive obligations
  • The protection of refugees in international law
  • The protection of minorities in international law
  • The protection of victims of armed conflicts.