Informationen zum Autor Daniel Moeckli is an Oberassistent in Public Law at the University of Zurich and a Fellow of the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre. His main research interests lie in the areas of human rights law! both international and national! and constitutional law. He has taught various university courses on human rights and civil liberties and has trained UN and EU human rights field officers. He has previously worked for the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association and Amnesty International. Klappentext International Human Rights Law offers a thought-provoking consideration of the subject! from its philosophical foundations to contemporary challenges! with contributions from leading experts. Critical and detailed! it covers all elements of a traditional international human rights course and is suitable for use as a stand-alone textbook. Inhaltsverzeichnis WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR?; Navanethem Pillay! United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Kenneth Roth! Executive Director of Human Rights Watch; Hina Jilani! Director of AGHS Legal Aid Center and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. History; 2. Philosophy; 3. Critiques; 4. Politics; PART II: INTERNATIONAL LAW; 5. Sources; 6. Nature of obligations; 7. Scope of application; PART III: SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS; 8. Categories of rights; 9. Equality and non-discrimination; 10. Integrity of the person; 11. Adequate standard of living; 12. Thought! expression! association and assembly; 13. Education and work; 14. Administration of justice; 15. Sexual orientation and gender identity; 16. Women's rights; 17. Rights of peoples and minorities; PART IV: PROTECTION; 18. United Nations; 19. The Americas; 20. Europe; 21. Africa; 22. Within the State; PART V: LINKAGES; 23. International humanitarian law; 24. International criminal law; PART VI: CHALLENGES; 25. Non-state actors; 26. Terrorism; 27. Poverty; 28. Environmental degradation ...

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International Human Rights Law offers a thought-provoking consideration of the subject, from its philosophical foundations to contemporary challenges, with contributions from leading experts. Critical and detailed, it covers all elements of a traditional international human rights course and is suitable for use as a stand-alone textbook.

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WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR?; Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch; Hina Jilani, Director of AGHS Legal Aid Center and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. History; 2. Philosophy; 3. Critiques; 4. Politics; PART II: INTERNATIONAL LAW; 5. Sources; 6. Nature of obligations; 7. Scope of application; PART III: SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS; 8. Categories of rights; 9. Equality and non-discrimination; 10. Integrity of the person; 11. Adequate standard of living; 12. Thought, expression, association and assembly; 13. Education and work; 14. Administration of justice; 15. Sexual orientation and gender identity; 16. Women's rights; 17. Rights of peoples and minorities; PART IV: PROTECTION; 18. United Nations; 19. The Americas; 20. Europe; 21. Africa; 22. Within the State; PART V: LINKAGES; 23. International humanitarian law; 24. International criminal law; PART VI: CHALLENGES; 25. Non-state actors; 26. Terrorism; 27. Poverty; 28. Environmental degradation