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Steven Wheatley, The Idea of International Human Rights Law

WheatleySteven, The Idea of International Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2019, xiii +215 pp, £70.00) ISBN 9780198749844 (hb)

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The World Court of Human Rights: Rise, Fall and Revival?

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Constitutional Protection of Children’s Rights: Visibility, Agency and...

AbstractWhile almost every state in the world has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, there is less consensus around the manner in which the rights protected by it should...

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The Admissibility of Multiple Human Rights Complaints: Strasbourg and Geneva...

ABSTRACTThis article seeks to provide a comparative and up-to-date overview of the applicable rules and relevant practice of the European Court of Human Rights and of the United Nations Human Rights...

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Azadeh Chalabi, National Human Rights Action Planning

ChalabiAzadeh, National Human Rights Action Planning (Oxford University Press, 2018, 272pp, £70.00) ISBN 9780198822844 (hb)

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The Reception by Domestic Courts of the Res Interpretata Effect of...

AbstractThis article focuses on two subjects: the attitude of national courts towards the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and their role in the achievement of effective domestic...

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Unwinding Retrogression: Examining the Practice of the Committee on Economic,...

AbstractThe doctrine of non-retrogression used by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is apt for the current moment of crisis and withdrawal from human rights...

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Positive Obligations of the Occupying Power: Economic, Social and Cultural...

AbstractMilitary occupation can have a detrimental impact on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by the population of an occupied territory. All aspects of civilian life risk...

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The Ring of Steel: Extraterritorial Migration Controls in Indonesia and Libya...

AbstractThis article provides an analysis of cooperative non-entrée policies in Australia and Italy. Through their funding, training and interception activities, Australia and Italy have aided and...

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Access to Abortion in Cases of Fatal Foetal Abnormality: A New Direction for...

ABSTRACTIn contrast to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has not yet found that a prohibition of abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality...

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Book Review

KapotasPanos and TzevelekosVassilis P., Building Consensus on European Consensus: Judicial Interpretation of Human Rights in Europe and Beyond (Cambridge University Press, 2019, xiv + 487 pp, £105.00)...

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The Right to Conscientious Objection to Military Service: Recent...

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A Hostile Environment for Children? The Rights and Best Interests of the...

AbstractChildren experiencing persecution, torture, ill-treatment, exploitation and violence are compelled to flee across international borders to seek protection in another state. When a child seeks...

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A Dignified Death for All: How a Relational Conceptualisation of Dignity...

AbstractCriminalising assisted dying is irreconcilable with human dignity and condemns a small number of individuals to significant suffering. Human rights law requires the protection of privacy, but...

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Books Received

A. S. Barros, Governance as Responsibility: Member States as Human Rights Protectors in International Financial Institutions (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019, 263 pp).

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Accessibility and Foreseeability in the Application of the Principle of...

AbstractThe principle of legality is one of the most fundamental principles of domestic and international criminal law. It features in some of the most prominent human rights instruments, and its...

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The European Court of Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Historical Abuse...

AbstractIn recent years, both transitional justice and the role of the European Court of Human Rights in dealing with historical abuses have evolved. Transitional justice has begun to address...

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The Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Approach of Key International...

AbstractThis article analyses the approach of key international actors to the circumcision of children, seeking, first, to understand why the policy towards the circumcision or genital cutting of girls...

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From Interlaken to Copenhagen: What Has Become of the Proposals Aiming to...

AbstractThe States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights have adopted five declarations on the future of the European Court of Human Rights since 2010. These declarations identified...

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Fundamental Rights in European Union Policy-making: The Effects and...

ABSTRACTThis article investigates how the European Union’s political process affects the level of rights protection afforded by European Union (EU) law. It does so in two steps, firstly by analysing...

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