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Human rights : between idealism and realism / Christian Tomuschat.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Collected courses of the Academy of European Law ; v. 13/1.Analytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.Edition: Third editionDescription: liii, 464 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0199683735
  • 9780199683734
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Human rights.LOC classification:
  • K3240 .T66 2014
Contents:
Introduction -- History of human rights -- Development of the current system of international protection of human rights -- Universality of human rights -- Conceptual foundations of human rights -- Determinative legal parameters of human rights -- Right holders and duty bearers -- From 'Negative' to positive duties : the different 'Generations' of human rights -- The general framework of human rights -- Implementation at national level -- The work of political bodies of international organizations -- The work of expert bodies : examination of state reports -- The work of expert bodies : complaint procedures and fact-finding -- Supervision by international tribunals -- Enforcement by states and the role of non-governmental organizations -- Mitigating the effects of armed conflict : humanitarian law -- Criminal prosecution of human rights violations -- Reparation-civil claims against human rights violators -- Time for hope, or time for despair?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- History of human rights -- Development of the current system of international protection of human rights -- Universality of human rights -- Conceptual foundations of human rights -- Determinative legal parameters of human rights -- Right holders and duty bearers -- From 'Negative' to positive duties : the different 'Generations' of human rights -- The general framework of human rights -- Implementation at national level -- The work of political bodies of international organizations -- The work of expert bodies : examination of state reports -- The work of expert bodies : complaint procedures and fact-finding -- Supervision by international tribunals -- Enforcement by states and the role of non-governmental organizations -- Mitigating the effects of armed conflict : humanitarian law -- Criminal prosecution of human rights violations -- Reparation-civil claims against human rights violators -- Time for hope, or time for despair?

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