The Incoherence of Human Rights in International Law

Auteur

Dr Louisa Ashley, Head of Law (Postgraduate), Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett University, UK, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

Dr Nicolette Butler, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Manchester, UK.

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This book explores this incoherent approach to human rights, including specific challenges that arise as a result of the creation and regulation of legal relationships between parties (state and non-state) that sit outside of the human rights framework, with a view to considering how it may be remedied.

Contenu

Part I: Absence of Rights Promotion in International Law 1. 'Human Rights Deficit in Sovereign Loan Contracts' Ilias Bantekas 2. 'The Basis for Indigenous Peoples' Rights in International Investment Agreements' Okechukwu Ejims 3. 'Economic Sanctions in Conflict with Human Rights' Joy Gordon 4. 'Debating International Intellectual Property: A TWAIL Perspective' Pratyush Nath Upreti 5. 'The Arms Trade and Responsibility for Human Rights: The Blind Spot in International Human Rights Law' Abdulmalik Altamimi Part II: Emergence of Rights Protection in International Law 6. 'Protecting Human Rights through International Trade Agreements: The Case of Labour Standards' Joanna Gomula 7. 'The Emerging Human Right to a Clean Environment and its Limitations' Malgosia Fitzmaurice 8. 'The Emergence of Posthuman Legalities and Peasant Rights' Louisa Ashley 9. 'State's "Agency" Over Algorithmic Decision-Making: the Role of the Regulator' Abhinayan Basu Bal and Trisha Rajput Part III: Limitations of Rights Fulfilment in International Law 10. 'Cambodia and the Progressivist "Imaginary": the Limitations of International(-ised) Criminal Tribunals as Mechanisms for Implementing Human Rights' Alex Batesmith 11. 'The Right to Food: A United Kingdom Perspective' Michael Cardwell and Clare James 12. 'Integrating Human Rights into Investment Treaties: The EU Approach' Nicolette Butler and Niyoosha Shishehgar 13. 'The Fulfilment of Human Rights in Times of Transition: Towards Coherence in Post-Cold War ECtHR Cases' James Sweeney