Defending human rights : tools for social justice : volume in honour of Fried van Hoof on the occasion of his valedictory lecture and the 30th anniversary of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights /

Defending human rights : tools for social justice : volume in honour of Fried van Hoof on the occasion of his valedictory lecture and the 30th anniversary of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights /

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Imprint:Cambridge [U.K.] ; Portland : Intersentia, c2012.
Description:xi, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Hoof, G. J. H. van -- (Godefridus J. H.), -- 1949-
National human rights institutions.
Human rights.
Social justice.
Human rights.
National human rights institutions.
Social justice.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8881529
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Varying Form of Title:Volume in honour of Fried van Hoof on the occasion of his valedictory lecture and the 30th anniversary of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights
Volume in honour of Fried van Hoof on the occasion of his valedictory lecture and the thirtieth anniversary of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights
Other authors / contributors:Lintel, Ida.
Buyse, Antoine C. (Antoine Christian), 1977-
McGonigle Leyh, Brianne.
Hoof, G. J. H. van (Godefridus J. H.), 1949-
Studie- en Informatiecentrum Mensenrechten (Netherlands)
ISBN:9781780680828 (pbk.)
1780680821 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Social Justice in the Inter-American System of Human Rights: An Approach
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Guarantee of Human Rights as a Structural Component of Social Justice
  • 2.1. Social Justice as a Component of Human Rights
  • 2.1.1. Right to Life
  • 2.1.2. Rights to Non-discrimination and Equal Treatment
  • 2.1.3. Access to Justice
  • 2.2. Social Justice as a Component of Reparations
  • 3. Social Injustice as a Component of Human Rights Violations
  • 4. Conclusions
  • The European Court of Human Rights and Social Justice
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Human Rights Protection at the European Level
  • 3. The ECHR and the Court
  • 4. The Court's Interpretation of the Convention
  • 5. Conclusion
  • The African Regional Human Rights System and its Potential for Delivering, or at Least Contributing to, Social Justice
  • Preliminary Remarks
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Social Justice
  • 2.1. Social Justice as Access to Basic Necessities
  • 2.2. Social Justice as Inclusion and Minority Protection
  • 2.3. Social Justice as Protection Against Massive, Serious and Urgent Violations
  • 3. Conclusion
  • The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights as a Tool for Social Justice
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. AICHR and Other Regional Human Rights Systems
  • 3. AICHR as a Tool for Social Justice
  • 4. Conclusion
  • The League of Arab States: Recent Developments on Human Rights and Social Justice
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Background
  • 3. Recent Reform
  • 4. Main Human Rights Standards and Bodies
  • 5. Conflict with International Standards
  • 6. Role of Civil Society
  • 7. Recent Political Developments - Inconsistency and Self-Interest
  • 8. Conclusion
  • The Institutionalisation of Human Rights in ASEAN
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Revisiting Human Rights Discourses in Southeast Asia
  • 2.1. Sovereignty, Economic Development and Non-Selectivity of Human Rights
  • 2.2. Non-intervention Reconsidered
  • 2.3. Open Negotiations for Comprehensive Security
  • 3. Contemporary Challenges: Different Actors, Different Factors
  • 3.1. ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission of Human Rights (AICHR)
  • 3.2. ASEAN Commission on Migrant Workers (ACMW) and ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC)
  • 3.3. Open Forums for Civil Society Organisations
  • 4. Protracted Process of Negotiations: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
  • 5. Concluding Remarks
  • Towards the Establishment of a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in Asia
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Existing Regional Human Rights Organisations and Courts
  • 2.1. Europe
  • 2.2. America
  • 2.3. Africa
  • 2.4. Prerequisites for Building a Regional Human Rights Mechanism
  • 3. Obstacles Preventing the Creation of an Asian Human Rights Mechanism
  • 3.1. Differences in Ethnic, Cultural and Political Backgrounds
  • 3.2. Human Rights as a Means for Intervention
  • 3.3. Global versus Asian Perspectives on Human Rights: The Bangkok Declaration and Beyond
  • 4. Tackling Obstacles: Steps Towards the Creation of an Asian Human Rights Mechanism
  • 4.1. UN Invitation
  • 4.2. Efforts within Asia: Actions of ASEAN
  • 4.2.1. ASEAN and the ASEAN Charter
  • 4.2.2. Establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
  • 4.2.3. ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
  • 5. International Cooperation for Preparing the Domestic Environment
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Acting Normal and Doing Good: The Dutch and Human Rights
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An Exploration of the Human Rights Climate
  • 3. Public Opinion on Human Rights
  • 3.1. Involvement
  • 3.2. Knowledge
  • 3.3. Violations
  • 4. Human Rights in the Public and Political Debate
  • 4.1. Polarisation
  • 4.2. Absence of the Human Rights Perspective
  • 4.3. European Human Rights System Under Fire
  • 5. Civil Society and Human Rights
  • 5.1. Dutch Civil Society from an International Perspective
  • 5.2. Human Rights as Core Business
  • 5.3. NGOs and Human Rights in Foreign Policy
  • 5.4. NGOs and Human Rights at Home
  • 5.5. Gaining Ground in Social Issues
  • 5.5.1. Poverty
  • 5.5.2. Inclusion of People with Disabilities
  • 5.5.3. Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Persons
  • 5.6. Grass Roots Initiatives
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Health, Human Rights and Social Justice in Europe
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Social Determinants and Human Rights
  • 2.1. The CSDH Report
  • 2.2. Socio-Economic Health Inequalities and the Right to Health
  • 2.3. Socio-Economic Health Inequalities and Other Health-Related Rights
  • 3. Accountability Mechanisms for the Social Determinants of Health
  • 3.1. Judicial Accountability
  • 3.2. Quasi-judicial Accountability
  • 3.3. Administrative Accountability
  • 3.4. Political Accountability
  • 3.5. Social Accountability
  • 4. Conclusions
  • Economic and Social Rights and Social Justice Movements: Some Courtship, No Marriage, No Children Yet
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Two Activist Traditions - Limited Synergy
  • 2.1. Limits of Legalism and the Trend Towards Broad-Based Campaigns
  • 2.2. Social Justice Activism and Its Suspicion of Rights
  • 2.3. The World Social Forum: Separations and Synergies
  • 3. Crises and Movements
  • 4. Unresolved Issues
  • 4.1. Obligations Beyond the State
  • 4.2. 'Costing' Human Rights
  • 4.3. Hierarchy and Political Choice
  • 4.4. Rights as Instruments of Struggle or Instruments of Law
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Empowering David to Face Goliath: Regional Human Rights Systems and Victims of Corporate Human Rights Violations
  • 1. Corporations and Social Justice: The Governance Gap
  • 2. The Role of Regional Systems for the Protection of Human Rights
  • 3. Empowering Victims of Corporate Related Human Rights Violations: An Analysis of Some Landmark Cases
  • 3.1. European Court of Human Rights
  • 3.2. Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights
  • 3.3. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
  • 4. Conclusion
  • A World Court of Human Rights: Utopia?
  • 1. The Simple Logic of Rights, Duties, Accountability, Remedies and Reparations
  • 2. Is There a Different Logic for Human Rights?
  • 3. Regional Human Rights Courts
  • 4. United Nations' Scepticism
  • 5. Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
  • 6. Draft Statute of a World Court as the Basis for a More Rational Discourse
  • About the Editors and Authors
Gift of the Samuel & Elaine Kersten Law Library Fund bookplate

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