Expanding the Horizons of Human Rights Law : New Authors, New Themes / / edited by Ineta Ziemele

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784187103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden; ; Boston : , : Brill | Nijhoff, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-86806-6; 9786610868063; 1-4294-5303-6; 90-474-0742-3; 1-4337-0716-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Collana: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute New Authors Series ; ; 1
• Disciplina: 341.4/8
• Soggetti: Droits de l'homme (Droit international); Human rights
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: INETA ZIEMELE Introduction -- FILIPA MARQUES JÚNIOR Fair Trial in Death Penalty Cases: A Case Study on the New Military Commissions in the USA -- DOMINIC LAFERRIÈRE Fighting Terrorism and Respecting Human Rights, a Case Study of International Human Rights Jurisprudence -- KAJSA ÖBRINK Multiple Discrimination and the System of International Human Rights -- Law: The Example of Haitian Women in the Dominican Republic -- ANNETTE LYTH Where are the Women? - A Gender Approach to Refugee Law -- MONA RESSAISSI Minimum Wage Regulation: An Extension to the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living -- MALIN KÄLL Oil-Exploitation in Nigeria Procedures Addressing Human Rights Abuses; GEORGE JOKHADZE The Big Ones of the Music Industry: Copyright and Human Rights Aspects of the Music Business -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University is pleased to introduce the first volume in its new 'New Authors' series, which contains the best theses from the human rights masters programmes in Lund and Venice. The new authors contained in this first volume are: Filipa Marques Júnior, Dominic ; Laferrière, Kajsa Öbrink, Annette Lyth, Mona Ressaissi, Malin Käll and George Jokhadze. The issues they discuss are those which have been high on international agendas during recent years: human rights and the fight against terrorism; the human rights of women; state responsibility to ensure adequate standards of living; and the human rights accountability of transnational corporations. Collectively, the authors demand the revision of the inadequate theoretical and practical approaches in international human rights law. They address the challenges presented by the world we live in and suggest solutions that are flexible, preserve human dignity and topple the unnecessary barriers between theories and areas of legal regulation. The introduction to the volume by Professor Ineta Ziemele notes the importance of human rights education; the writings in this series are one example of the achievements of that education.