Human rights are invoked on many occasions. But are they more than lofty values and abstract principles? This book shows how human rights create legal entitlements for those protected by them and impose obligations on those bound by them. INDICE: Part I: Foundations of International Human Rights Law; 1: Origins and Universality; 2: Notions and Sources; 3: The Legal Nature of Human Rights Obligations; 4: The Scope of Application of Human Rights; 5: Basic Conceptsof International Humanitarian Law; Part II: Implementation of Human Rights; 6: Basic Principles; 7: Treaty Bodies; 8: Charter Based Bodies; Part III: Substantive Guarantees; 9: Protection of Human Existence: Right to Life and Subsistence Rights; 10: Protection of Human Integrity: Prohibition of Ill-treatment and of Enforced Disappearance; 11: Prohibition of Human Identity: Prohibition of Discrimination, and Protection of Minorities; 12: Protection of Private Life; 13: Protection of the Intellectual and Spiritual Sphere; 14: Protection of the Human Person in the Economic Sphere; 15: Protection of Persons Deprived of their Liberty and Fair Trial Guarantees; 16: Protection of Participation in Political Life; 17: Protection During Migration, Forced Displacement, and Flight
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959703-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 592
- Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés