Author: Inter-American Commission on Human RightsPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004530452
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 28 (2012)
Author: Inter-American Commission on Human RightsPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004530452
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
São Paulo Conference on the Law of the World, August 16-21, 1981
Author: World Peace Through Law Center. Bulletin
Author: Biomedicine and Human Rights
Author: Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, also referred to as the "Oviedo Convention", celebrated the 10th anniversary of its entry into force in 2009. This legally binding instrument aims to protect the integrity, dignity and identity of all human beings and guarantees everyone, without discrimination, the respect for their rights and fundamental freedoms with regard to the application of biology and medicine. It shares with the European Convention on Human Rights the same underlying approach and many ethical principles, and provides a general framework for the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms in the field of biomedicine. The Oviedo Convention also addresses new challenges in biomedicine that are brought about by technological and scientific developments, making it a reference text for patient rights at the European level. The principles laid down in the Oviedo Convention were further developed and complemented in additional protocols in specific fields: prohibition of cloning of human beings, transplantation of organs and tissues of human origin, and biomedical research and genetic testing for health purposes.
Emotion and Devotion
Author: Miri RubinPublisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9789639776364
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
In Emotion and Devotion Miri Rubin explores the craft of the historian through a series of studies of medieval religious cultures. In three original chapters she approaches the medieval figure of the Virgin Mary with the aim of unravelling meaning and experience. Hymns and miracle tales, altarpieces and sermons – a wide range of sources from many European regions – are made to reveal the creativity and richness which they elicited in medieval people, women and men, clergy and laity, people of status and riches as well as those of modest means. The first chapter, "The Global 'Middle Ages'," considers the current historiographical frame for the study of religious cultures and suggests ways in which the Middle Ages can be made more global. Next, "Mary, and Others" examines the polemical situations around Mary, and the location of Muslims and Jews within them. The third chapter, "Emotions and Selves," tracks the sentimental education experienced by Europeans in the late Middle Ages through devotional encounters with the figure of the Virgin Mary in word, image and sound. Each year one scholar of world fame is invited to present lectures in the framework of the Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lecture Series at the Central European University, Budapest. This is the second volume in the series of published lectures.
Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, Concerning Biomedical Research
Author: Council of EuropePublisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287156990
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This protocol covers the full range of research activities in the health field that involve interventions on human beings. It aims to protect the dignity and identity of everyone involved, without discrimination.
The Right to Life in International Law
Author: Bertie G. RamcharanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004482296
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
The Many Constitutions of Europe
Author: Suvi SankariPublisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409497291
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
This volume makes a contribution to the ongoing lively discussion on European constitutionalism by offering a new perspective and a new interpretation of European constitutional plurality. The book combines diverse disciplinary approaches to the constitutional debate. It brings together complementing contributions from scholars of European politics, economics, and sociology, as well as established scholars from various fields of law. Moreover, it provides analytical clarity to the discussion and combines theory with more practical and critical approaches that make use of the constitutional toolbox in analysing the tensions between the different constitutions. The collection is a valuable point of reference not only for scholars interested in European studies but also for graduate and post-graduate students.
Sex and Society in Islam
Author: B. F. MusallamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521338585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
In this study of birth control in the classical Islamic world, Basim Musallam demonstrates the wide range of evidence available to dispel many assumptions that are rampant in many people's beliefs. Medieval Arabic discussions of contraception and abortion in Islamic jurisprudence, medicine, materia medica, belles lettres, erotica and popular literature show that birth control was sanctioned by Islamic law and opinion. Contraceptive methods were available throughout pre-modern times and were used to meet social, economic, personal and medical needs. Sex and Society in Islam considers the impact of birth control as a factor in demographic change, and therefore in social history.
Embryo Experimentation
Author: Peter SingerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521435888
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
New developments in reproductive technology have made headlines since the birth of the world's first in vitro fertilization baby in 1978. But is embryo experimentation ethically acceptable? What is the moral status of the early human embryo? And how should a democratic society deal with so controversial an issue, where conflicting views are based on differing religious and philosophical positions? These controversial questions are the subject of this book, which, as a current compendium of ideas and arguments on the subject, makes an original contribution of major importance to this debate. Peter Singer is the author of many books, including Practical Ethics (CUP, 1979), Marx (Hill & Wang, 1980), and Should the Baby Live? (co-authored with Helga Kuhse, Oxford U.P., 1986).