New Dimensions in the International Protection of Human Rights and the Need for a New Human Rights Diplomacy / / Bertrand Ramcharan.

• Superior document: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2024
• VerfasserIn: Ramcharan, Bertrand,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2024.; International Studies in Human Rights ; 144.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 pages)

The twenty-first century is seeing a battle of ideas between different conceptions of governance: people-centred and party-centred. At the same time, scientific and technological developments are posing new challenges for human rights. This book identifies new dimensions in the international protection of human rights and makes the case for a new human rights diplomacy focusing on enlarging the area of common ground among governments and enhancing national human rights protection systems.

Table of Contents

Foreword -- Preface -- Contemporary Protection Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- The UN’s Normative and  Jurisprudential Architecture of Human Rights -- Protection of the Right to Life -- Promotion of Human Dignity and Equality -- Promotion of a Social and International Order Conducive to Human Survival, Dignity and Rights -- Clarification of the Content of International Human Rights Law through the Human Rights Treaty Organs and the International Court of Justice -- Struggling against Widespread Violations of Human Rights -- The International Criminal Tribunals -- Operating Imperfect Bodies: The Security Council, the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council -- Struggling for a Wise Arrangement on the Role of Treaty Supervisory Organs -- Grudgingly Benefitting from the Contributions of ngo s -- Conclusion -- 2 Historical and Phlosophical Perspectives -- Introduction -- i Historical Perspectives -- ii Philosophical Perspectives -- Conclusion -- 3 Fundamental Premises: Universality, Dignity, Equality, Justice -- Introduction -- i Universality -- ii Dignity -- iii The Principle of Equality -- iv Justice -- Conclusion -- 4 A New Human Rights Diplomacy In Support of National Human Rights Protection Systems -- Introduction -- i International Legal Requirements on the Need for Adequate and Effective National Human Rights Protection Systems -- ii The Concept of a National Human Rights Protection System -- iii Sustainable Development Goal 16 -- iv Towards a New Diplomacy in Support of the Enhancement of National Human Rights Protection Systems -- Conclusion -- 5 Promoting Equitable Life Chances Through National Implementation of the Right to Development -- Introduction -- i The UN Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals -- ii Perspectives on Implementation of the Right to Development -- iii The Need for National Law and Policy -- iv Equality -- v The Duty to Ensure the Enjoyment of Basic Rights -- vi The Need for Legal Innovations -- vii The Right to Development as the Right to a Process of Development -- viii Case Studies of India, Brazil and South Africa -- ix Preventable Poverty -- x Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- xi Public Interest Litigation -- Conclusion -- 6 Enhancing Racial Justice in the Face of Searing Traumas – Despite the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action -- Introduction -- i Intellectual History -- ii Taking the Pulse of the Regions and of ngo s in the Run-Up to the Conference -- iii Vision Statements by All Countries -- iv Political Debates -- v The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action -- vi Innovations in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action -- vii Policy Issues -- viii Political Issues -- Conclusion -- 7 Managing Epochal Changes and Protecting People at Risk -- Introduction -- i The Responsibility to Protect in an Age of Epochal Change -- ii Divergences Among the Great Powers -- iii Chinese and Russian Perspectives on Human Rights -- iv Climate Change: A Crime against Humanity for Deliberate, Reckless or Negligent Harming of the Global Climate? -- v Artificial Intelligence: Should ai Firms Face Criminal Sanctions? -- vi Robotic Weapons -- vii Humans on Other Planets -- viii Protection of People at Risk -- ix International Law and Public Emergencies -- Conclusion -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.