Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:

Sources of International Human Rights.

Key Concepts: Universality, Interdependence, Positive Obligations and Categories of Rights.

States and Treaty Obligations.

The Organizational Structures and Key Institutions.

Monitoring and Enforcing Human Rights: Extra-Conventional Mechanisms.

Treaty Monitoring Bodies: Committees and Courts.

National Institutions and International Human Rights.

Extending the Duties to Protect and Respect Human Rights (Non-State Actors).

Reforming the Human Rights System.

Protecting Children.

Detainees, Prisoners and Convictees.

Indigenous Peoples and their Rights.

The Protection of Refugees, Stateless Persons and Internally Displaced People.

Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Women.

Human Rights in Conflict and Emergency Situations (International Humanitarian and Criminal Laws)

This new textbook takes a thematic approach to the study of international human rights. The collection of material around concepts and frameworks, rather than specific rights, makes it the ideal companion for most courses in international human rights.

International human rights are, now more than ever, at the forefront of global politics and encompass a broad and diverse range of subjects, issues and geographical jurisdictions. This book, covering a wide range of topics, including the fundamental key concepts, reforming human rights and human rights in conflict and emergency situations, aids learning by:

• separating cases and material from the main body of the text so that extracted material is immediately recognizable
• contextualizing each extract with surrounding text that explains and elaborates on the relevant issues
• encouraging students to analyze and debate the material they are reading through the use of questions.