Author: Conseil de l'Europe Publisher: Council of Europe ISBN: 9287177864 Category : Political Science Languages : fr Pages : 212
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Des liens étroits se sont développés entre la protection des droits de l'homme et l'environnement. Ce manuel mis à jour est précisément destiné à permettre de mieux comprendre ces liens, en prenant en compte la nouvelle jurisprudence pertinente de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme. Si le droit à un environnement de qualité et sain n'est pas garanti en tant que tel dans la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme, les normes générales qui découlent de celle-ci peuvent malgré tout s'appliquer en matière environnementale. La Cour européenne examine régulièrement les griefs de personnes invoquant des violations des droits reconnus par la Convention qui résulteraient de conditions environnementales néfastes.La nouvelle version de ce manuel prend aussi en compte les décisions pertinentes du Comité européen des Droits sociaux, qui a interprété le droit à la protection de la santé, au regard de la Charte sociale européenne, comme incluant le droit à un environnement sain.Des exemples de bonnes pratiques au niveau national ont été dressés sur la base de contributions de plusieurs Etats membres, et sont inclus dans une annexe au manuel.L'objectif est de présenter de façon synthétique et accessible les principes émergents relatifs à la protection de l'environnement.
Author: Conseil de l'Europe Publisher: Council of Europe ISBN: 9287159793 Category : Political Science Languages : fr Pages : 90
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Des liens étroits se sont développés entre la protection des droits de l'homme et l'environnement. Ce manuel est précisément destiné à permettre de mieux comprendre quels peuvent être ces liens, et ce au travers de la jurisprudence pertinente de la Cour européenne des Droits de l'Homme. Si le droit à un environnement sain n'est pas inscrit dans la Convention européenne des Droits de l'Homme, les normes générales qui découlent de celle-ci peuvent également trouver à s'appliquer en matière d'environnement. En effet, la Cour examine régulièrement les griefs de personnes invoquant des violations des droits reconnus par la Convention qui résulteraient de conditions environnementales néfastes. Ce manuel a pour objet de présenter de façon synthétique et accessible les principes tirés de la jurisprudence de la Cour dans ce domaine. Il a été préparé par des experts gouvernementaux des quarante-six Etats membres du Conseil de l'Europe. Ce manuel s'adresse non seulement aux autorités publiques, mais aussi aux décideurs politiques, aux professions juridiques et au grand public.
Author: Rebecca Posner Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780198240365 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 540
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Rebecca Posner explores the history of the French language in all its manifestations. Within the framework of modern linguistic theory, she concentrates on how French acquired its distinctive identity and how different varieties of French relate to each other. This book richly illustrates the more technical aspects of linguistic change, and sets evidence of social history against the way the language has changed over time.
Author: Eva Brems Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107729696 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 379
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In fundamental rights adjudication, a court first has to determine whether the interest at stake falls within the scope of the fundamental right invoked. Whether or not an individual interest falls within the scope or ambit of one of the fundamental rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights determines whether or not the European Court of Human Rights can decide on the merits of a case. This volume brings together a variety of legal scholars in order to examine the scope of fundamental rights. Topics range from the nature of human rights and the real or imagined risk of rights inflation to theories of positive obligations and social and economic rights. It contains contributions of a theoretical nature as well as analytical overviews of the ECtHR's approach. In addition, comparisons are made with domestic, EU and international law.
Author: Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN: 1442221135 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 827
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Now in a comprehensively updated edition, this indispensable handbook analyzes how international humanitarian law has evolved in the face of these many new challenges. Central concerns include the war on terror, new forms of armed conflict and humanitarian action, the emergence of international criminal justice, and the reshaping of fundamental rules and consensus in a multipolar world. ThePractical Guide to Humanitarian Law provides the precise meaning and content for over 200 terms such as terrorism, refugee, genocide, armed conflict, protection, peacekeeping, torture, and private military companies—words that the media has introduced into everyday conversation, yet whose legal and political meanings are often obscure. The Guide definitively explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries. Written from the perspective of victims and those who provide assistance to them, the Guide outlines the dangers, spells out the law, and points the way toward dealing with violations of the law. Entries are complemented by analysis of the decisions of relevant courts; detailed bibliographic references; addresses, phone numbers, and Internet links to the organizations presented; a thematic index; and an up-to-date list of the status of ratification of more than thirty international conventions and treaties concerning humanitarian law, human rights, refugee law, and international criminal law. This unprecedented work is an invaluable reference for policy makers and opinion leaders, students, relief workers, and members of humanitarian organizations. Published in cooperation with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.
Author: Manisuli Ssenyonjo Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers ISBN: 9004218149 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 629
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The African human rights system has undergone some remarkable developments since the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, the cornerstone of the African human rights system, in June 1981. The year2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter. It also marked 25 years since the African Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986.This book aims to provide reflections on most of the major human rights issues in the past 30 years of the African human rights system in practice and discussion on the future: the African Charter s impact and contribution to the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Africa; the contemporary challenges faced by the African Human rights system in responding adequately to the demands of rapidly evolving African societies; and how the African human rights system can be strengthened in the future to ensure that the human rights protected in the African Charter, as developed in the jurisprudence of the African Commission since the Commission was inaugurated in 1987, are realised in practice.The chapters in this volume bring together the work of 20 human rights scholars and practitioners, with expertise in human rights in Africa, under the following general themes: rights and duties in the African Charter; rights of the vulnerable under the African system; implementation mechanisms for human rights in Africa; and towards an effective African regional human rights system.
Author: Daniel García San José Publisher: Council of Europe ISBN: 9287156972 Category : Environmental law Languages : fr Pages : 78
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Le terme environnement n'apparaît nulle part dans la Convention européenne des Droits de l'homme. Quoi qu'il en soit, au fur et à mesure de la prise de conscience croissante de la fragilité de l'environnement et de la nécessité de le protéger, certains voient dans la jurisprudence de la Cour une évolution vers la reconnaissance d'un " droit de l'homme à l'environnement ". Dans cette étude, l'auteur présente les éléments qui confirment cette approche.
Author: Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004431764 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 538
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The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law aims to publish peer-reviewed scholarly articles and reviews as well as significant developments in human rights and humanitarian law. It examines international human rights and humanitarian law with a global reach, though its particular focus is on the Asian region. The focused theme of Volume 4 is India and Human Rights.
Author: Ola Engdahl Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004170162 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 341
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The authors of this volume have been inspired by the scholar to which this "Liber Amicorum" is dedicated - Professor Ove Bring - to look into both the past and the future of international law. Like Ove Bring, they have dealt with many aspects of the law governing the use of force, from arms control to human rights, international criminal law, the UN Charter, and, of course, international humanitarian law. Like Professor Bring, they have allowed themselves to draw trajectories from history and into the future, and have shunned away from neither the controversial nor the speculative, be it on the Middle East, the invasion of Iraq or the independence of Kosovo. This collection brings together insights from a former UN Legal Counsel, a former Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, present and former judges of the European Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, one present and one former member of the International Law Commission, as well as law professors and practitioners, from all Nordic countries, Germany and Australia. Together they form a highly challenging mosaic of perspectives on topical issues like cluster munitions, targeting, human rights in peace operations and the purposes of sentencing in international tribunals. The volume also contains a bibliography and a presentation of Professor Bring's work.
Author: David Kennedy Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400827361 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 207
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Modern war is law pursued by other means. Once a bit player in military conflict, law now shapes the institutional, logistical, and physical landscape of war. At the same time, law has become a political and ethical vocabulary for marking legitimate power and justifiable death. As a result, the battlespace is as legally regulated as the rest of modern life. In Of War and Law, David Kennedy examines this important development, retelling the history of modern war and statecraft as a tale of the changing role of law and the dramatic growth of law's power. Not only a restraint and an ethical yardstick, law can also be a weapon--a strategic partner, a force multiplier, and an excuse for terrifying violence. Kennedy focuses on what can go wrong when humanitarian and military planners speak the same legal language--wrong for humanitarianism, and wrong for warfare. He argues that law has beaten ploughshares into swords while encouraging the bureaucratization of strategy and leadership. A culture of rules has eroded the experience of personal decision-making and responsibility among soldiers and statesmen alike. Kennedy urges those inside and outside the military who wish to reduce the ferocity of battle to understand the new roles--and the limits--of law. Only then will we be able to revitalize our responsibility for war.
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