TY - BOOK AU - Rieter,E.R. TI - Preventing irreparable harm: provisional measures in International human rights adjudication T2 - School of Human Rights Research series SN - 9789050959315 AV - K3240 .R53 PY - 2010/// CY - Antwerp, Portland, Ore. PB - Intersentia KW - Human rights KW - Cases KW - International cooperation KW - International law KW - International courts KW - fast KW - Trials, litigation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 1117-1151) and index; Development of the concept of provisional measures by the ICJ and ITLOS -- The use of provisional measures in the context of the various human rights systems -- Halting executions -- Halting corporal punishment -- Halting expulsion or extradition in non-refoulement cases -- Locating and protecting disappeared persons -- Intervening in detention situations involving risks to health and dignity -- Ensuring procedural rights to protect the right to life and personal integrity -- Protecting against death threats and harrassment -- Protecting (indigenous) cultural and religious rights -- Halting mass or arbitrary expulsion and forced eviction -- Provisional measures in other situations -- Protection -- Jurisdiction and admissibility -- Immediacy and risk -- The legal status of provisional measures in human rights adjudication -- The official responses of addressee states to provisional measures -- Follow-up on non-compliance ER -