Author: Manfred Nowak
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812248759
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Human Rights or Global Capitalism examines the application of neoliberal policies from a human rights perspective and asks whether states, by outsourcing to the private sector many services with a direct impact on human rights, abdicate their responsibilities to uphold human rights and violate international law.
Human Rights Or Global Capitalism
Author: Manfred Nowak
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812248759
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Human Rights or Global Capitalism examines the application of neoliberal policies from a human rights perspective and asks whether states, by outsourcing to the private sector many services with a direct impact on human rights, abdicate their responsibilities to uphold human rights and violate international law.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812248759
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Human Rights or Global Capitalism examines the application of neoliberal policies from a human rights perspective and asks whether states, by outsourcing to the private sector many services with a direct impact on human rights, abdicate their responsibilities to uphold human rights and violate international law.
Reconciling Privatization with Human Rights
Author: Antenor Hallo de Wolf
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780680491
Category : Globalisation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral) -- Maastricht University, 2011.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780680491
Category : Globalisation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral) -- Maastricht University, 2011.
European Human Rights Justice and Privatisation
Author: Gaëtan Cliquennois
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108497055
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Offers a new understanding of the relationships between litigation strategies, growing private funding and European human rights justice.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108497055
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Offers a new understanding of the relationships between litigation strategies, growing private funding and European human rights justice.
Capitalist Punishment
Author: Alex Friedman
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 0932863841
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are incarcerated in prisons owned and operated by private corporations--a booming business. But how are the human rights of prisoners and prison employees affected when prisons are run for profit? An accomplished group of human rights writers and activists explores the historical, political and economic context of private prisons: * How are prisoners' lives affected by privatization? * How does it impact prison labor and prison employees? * How and why are private prisons becoming transnational? * Are women, children, and African and Native Americans affected differently from other populations? * How is privatization connected to the war on drugs, the criminalization of poverty and 'tough on crime' politics? The preface is by Sir Nigel Rodley, Professor of Law at the University of Essex; former United Nations Special Rapporteur for Torture; and knighted in 1999 for recognition of services to human rights and international law.
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 0932863841
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are incarcerated in prisons owned and operated by private corporations--a booming business. But how are the human rights of prisoners and prison employees affected when prisons are run for profit? An accomplished group of human rights writers and activists explores the historical, political and economic context of private prisons: * How are prisoners' lives affected by privatization? * How does it impact prison labor and prison employees? * How and why are private prisons becoming transnational? * Are women, children, and African and Native Americans affected differently from other populations? * How is privatization connected to the war on drugs, the criminalization of poverty and 'tough on crime' politics? The preface is by Sir Nigel Rodley, Professor of Law at the University of Essex; former United Nations Special Rapporteur for Torture; and knighted in 1999 for recognition of services to human rights and international law.
Privatisation and Human Rights in the Age of Globalisation
Author: Felipe Gómez Isa
Publisher: Intersentia nv
ISBN: 9050954227
Category : Globalisering
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Result of a joint research project ... under the auspices of the Center for Human Rights (University of Maastricht, the Netherlands) and the Institute of Human Rights Pedro Arrupe (University of Deusto, Basque Country, Spain).--P. v
Publisher: Intersentia nv
ISBN: 9050954227
Category : Globalisering
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Result of a joint research project ... under the auspices of the Center for Human Rights (University of Maastricht, the Netherlands) and the Institute of Human Rights Pedro Arrupe (University of Deusto, Basque Country, Spain).--P. v
Public International Law and Human Rights Violations by Private Military and Security Companies
Author: Helena Torroja
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319660985
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This book explores the human rights consequences of the new mercenarism, as channeled through so-called private military and security companies (PMSCs), and offers an overview of the evolution and status quo of both non-legal (soft law and self-regulation) and legal initiatives seeking to limit them. It addresses various topics, including the impact of the presence of non-state actors on human security using the cases of Afghanistan and Syria; research on PMSCs’ impact on human rights in specific cases; the insufficiency and ineffectiveness of existing direct and indirect legal prohibitions on the use of mercenaries; various aspects of international human rights law and international humanitarian law related to the conduct of PMSCs; soft-law and self-regulation mechanisms; and the international minimum standard in general international law regarding the privatization, export, import, and contracting of PMSCs.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319660985
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This book explores the human rights consequences of the new mercenarism, as channeled through so-called private military and security companies (PMSCs), and offers an overview of the evolution and status quo of both non-legal (soft law and self-regulation) and legal initiatives seeking to limit them. It addresses various topics, including the impact of the presence of non-state actors on human security using the cases of Afghanistan and Syria; research on PMSCs’ impact on human rights in specific cases; the insufficiency and ineffectiveness of existing direct and indirect legal prohibitions on the use of mercenaries; various aspects of international human rights law and international humanitarian law related to the conduct of PMSCs; soft-law and self-regulation mechanisms; and the international minimum standard in general international law regarding the privatization, export, import, and contracting of PMSCs.
Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights
Author: Markus Kaltenborn
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030304698
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This open access book analyses the interplay of sustainable development and human rights from different perspectives including fight against poverty, health, gender equality, working conditions, climate change and the role of private actors. Each aspect is addressed from a more human rights-focused angle and a development-policy angle. This allows comparisons between the different approaches but also seeks to close gaps which would remain if only one perspective would be at the center of the discussions. Specifically, the book shows the strong connections between human rights and the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. Already the preamble of this document explicitly states that "the 17 Sustainable Development Goals ... seek to realise the human rights of all". Moreover, several goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda correspond to already existing individual human rights obligations. The contributions of this volume therefore also address how the implementation of human rights and SDGs can reinforce each other, but also point to critical shortcomings of the different approaches.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030304698
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This open access book analyses the interplay of sustainable development and human rights from different perspectives including fight against poverty, health, gender equality, working conditions, climate change and the role of private actors. Each aspect is addressed from a more human rights-focused angle and a development-policy angle. This allows comparisons between the different approaches but also seeks to close gaps which would remain if only one perspective would be at the center of the discussions. Specifically, the book shows the strong connections between human rights and the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. Already the preamble of this document explicitly states that "the 17 Sustainable Development Goals ... seek to realise the human rights of all". Moreover, several goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda correspond to already existing individual human rights obligations. The contributions of this volume therefore also address how the implementation of human rights and SDGs can reinforce each other, but also point to critical shortcomings of the different approaches.
War by Contract
Author: Francesco Francioni
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019960455X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The conduct of armed conflict is increasingly being outsourced to private military and security companies, whose legal position remains unclear. This book identifies and analyses the human rights and humanitarian law framework applicable to these companies, examining how they can be held to account and how victims can obtain remedies.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019960455X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The conduct of armed conflict is increasingly being outsourced to private military and security companies, whose legal position remains unclear. This book identifies and analyses the human rights and humanitarian law framework applicable to these companies, examining how they can be held to account and how victims can obtain remedies.
The Human Right to Water
Author: Malcolm Langford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107010705
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
The first book to engage in a comprehensive examination of the human right to water in theory and in practice.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107010705
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
The first book to engage in a comprehensive examination of the human right to water in theory and in practice.
The International Struggle for New Human Rights
Author: Clifford Bob
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081222129X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Why are certain global problems recognized as human rights issues while others are not? This book highlights campaigns to persuade the human rights movement to move beyond traditional concerns and embrace pressing new ones. Its analytic framework and case studies reveal critical strategies and conflicts involved in the struggle for new rights.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081222129X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Why are certain global problems recognized as human rights issues while others are not? This book highlights campaigns to persuade the human rights movement to move beyond traditional concerns and embrace pressing new ones. Its analytic framework and case studies reveal critical strategies and conflicts involved in the struggle for new rights.