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Human Rights Obligations of Business Beyond the Corporate Responsibility to Respect?
Edited by Surya Deva, City University of Hong Kong David Bilchitz, University of Johannesburg This book provides a detailed critical evaluation of the Ruggie Framework and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, focusing on their non-binding character, the limited ambit and scope of corporate responsibility, the excessive focus on the role of states, and the failure to overcome obstacles in enforcing corporate obligations.
Essays on Religion and Human Rights Ground to Stand On
David Little, Berkley Center of Religion, Peace, and International Affairs, Georgetown University This collection of seminal essays by David Little addresses the subject of human rights in relation to the historical settings in which its language was drafted and adopted. Featuring five original essays and a foreword by noted religious ethicist John Kelsey, this book stands as a capstone of the work of this influential writer on religion, philosophy, and law.
Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status
European Consensus and the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights
Edited by Benjamin N. Lawrance, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York Galya Ruffer, Northwestern University, Illinois
Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool
The Role of Witness, Expertise, and Testimony
In this book, an array of legal, biomedical, psychosocial, and social science scholars and practitioners draw upon their experience to offer the first comparative account of the increasing dependence on expertise in the asylum and refugee status determination process.
How does the ECtHR in Strasbourg interpret the European Convention on Human Rights? This book analyses one of the tools of interpretation: European consensus. It explores whether the Court has legitimacy when it broadens the scope of human rights and uses interviews from judges to reveal unique insights and information.
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