04326oam 2200505 450 991082396180332120230629234234.090-04-43565-4(CKB)4100000011352880(MiAaPQ)EBC6426839(OCoLC)1227393190(OCoLC)1227393190(EXLCZ)99410000001135288020210603d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHuman dignity and international law /edited by Andrea Gattini, Rosana Garciandia and Philippa WebbLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston :Brill Nijhoff,[2021]©20211 online resource (xi, 220 pages)Print version: Gattini, Andrea Human Dignity and International Law Boston : BRILL,c2020 9789004435643 90-04-43564-6 Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene: 100 Years of Human Dignity -- Chapter 2 Italian International Lawyers Facing Racial Laws: the Fate of Angelo Piero Sereni and Edoardo Vitta -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Early Stages of Their Academic Careers -- 3 Leaving Italy: a Difficult Decision -- 4 Returning to Their Academic Home: Challenge and Recognition -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 3 Hersch Lauterpacht and Human Dignity -- i Introduction -- ii Phase i (1922-1943): Humanité diffuseIii Phase ii (1943-1960): Humanité cristallisée -- iv Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Pure Theory of Law Amidst the Tempest: Hans Kelsen, Democracy and Human Rights -- 1 Introduction: Human Rights Enshrined in Kelsen's Systemic Theory -- 2 Human Rights as Part and Parcel of the "essence and value" of Democracy -- 3 Pure Theory of Law and the Punishment of the "most objectionable acts" -- 4 Conclusion: Kelsen's Sense of Justice -- Chapter 5 Nikolaos Politis and the Legal Status of the Individual in the International Legal Order -- 1 Individuals as Creators of International Law in Politis' Doctrine2 Individuals as Objects or as Subjects of International Law in Politis' Doctrine -- 3 Individuals as Capable Subjects in the International Legal Order in Politis' Doctrine -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 6 International Institutional Protection of Human Rights: Achievements and Failures -- i Substantive Human Rights Guarantees -- ii Institutional Mechanisms -- 1 General Considerations -- 2 Monitoring by the Political Organs of the United Nations-the Early Period -- 3 The Expert Bodies within the Framework of the Core Human Rights Treaties -- iii Universal Periodic Review -- iv ConclusionChapter 7 The Promise of International Criminal Justice: Achievements and Failures in Protecting Human Dignity -- 1 A Few Preliminary Remarks -- 2 The Fulfilled Promise: the Development of Substantive Law to Enhance the Protection of Human Dignity -- 2.1 The First Stage (1945-1993): Setting the Normative Process for the Protection of Human Dignity -- 2.2 The Years of Maturity: Developing and Applying the Law to Enhance the Protection of Human Dignity3 The Broken Promise of International Criminal Justice: the Impossibility to Bring to Justice Incumbent Heads of States and High-Ranking State Officials -- 4 International Criminal Justice at a Crossroad: Looking Ahead -- Chapter 8 Human Dignity in International Labour Rights -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Legal Texts -- 3 Practice of International Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 The "Poor Cousins": What, If Anything, Can International Law and Lawyers Do for Social Rights? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scepticism about the Effectiveness of Human Rights3 The Empirical Reality of Human Rights.Respect for personsLaw and legislationRespect for personsLaw and legislation.341.48Gattini AndreaGarciandia RosanaWebb Philippa(Philippa Mahal),MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWCaOWALBOOK9910823961803321Human dignity and international law3924061UNINA