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

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

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 protect...

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Superior document:Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2024
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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)
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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.

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