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By (author) Kalin Walter; By (author) Kunzli Jorg
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The second edition of Kälin and Künzli”s authoritative book provides a concise but comprehensive legal analysis of international human rights protection at the global and regional levels. It shows that human rights are real rights creating legal entitlements for those who are protected by them and imposing legal obligations on those bound by them.
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At a time when human rights are coming under increasing pressure, in-depth knowledge and understanding of their foundations, conceptual underpinnings and current practice remain crucial. The second edition of Walter Kälin and Jörg Künzli”s authoritative book provides a concise but comprehensive legal analysis of international human rights protection at the global and regional levels. It shows that human rights are real rights creating legal entitlements for those who are protected by them and imposing legal obligations on those bound by them.Based, in particular, on a wide-ranging analysis of international case-law, the book focuses on the sources and scope of application of human rights and a discussion of their substantive guarantees. Further chapters describe the different mechanisms to monitor the implementation of human rights obligations, ranging from the regional human rights courts in Africa, the Americas and Europe and the UN treaty bodies to the international criminal tribunals, the International Court of Justice and the UN Security Council. The book is based on an understanding of human rights as legal concepts that address basic human needs and vulnerabilities, and highlights the indivisibility of civil and political rights on the one and economic, social and cultural rights on the other hand. It also highlights the convergence of international human rights and international humanitarian law and the interlinkages with international criminal law as well as general international law, in particular the law of state responsibility.
Table of contents:
I: The Foundations of International Human Rights Law1: Origins and Universality2: Notions and Sources3: The Legal Nature of Human Rights Obligations4: Scope of Application of Human Rights5: Obligations:International Humanitarian LawII: Implementation of Human Rights6: Basic Principles7: Treaty Bodies8: Charter Based BodiesIII: Substantive Guarantees9: Protection of Human Life10: Protection of Human Integrity – Prohibition of Ill-Treatment and of Enforced Disappearance11: Protection of Human Identity – Prohibition of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities12: Protection of Private Life13:Protection of the Intellectual and SpiritualSphere14: Protection of the Human Person in the Economic Sphere15: Protection of Persons Deprived of their Liberty and Fair Trial Guarantees16: Protection of Participation in Political Life17: Protection During Migration, Forced Displacement, and Flight
Biographical note:
Walter Kälin is Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern, and a former Dean of the Faculty and Head of the Legal Department.Jörg Künzli is Assistant Professor of Public International and Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern.
Publisher’s notice:
Walter Kälin is Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern, and a former Dean of the Faculty and Head of the Legal Department. Jörg Künzli is Assistant Professor of Public International and Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern.
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Taking a comprehensive and systematic approach, this book covers all aspects of human rights protection, including civil and political as well as social rights, with extensive references to international humanitarian lawWritten in a clear and succinct style, the book makes complex issue
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