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International Human Rights Law : Returning to Universal Principles

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This clear and compelling textconfronts the dominant thinking on human rights, taking issue with the notion adopted by all states and even many academics that human rights obligations extend no further than their own territorial borders. Mark Gibney critiques cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, the International Court of Justice, and the European Court of Human Rights, arguing for a much broader reading of state responsibility on the basis that current law misses most of the ways in which states fail to protect human rights standards. Finally, Gibney takes up the issue of human rights enforcement, unquestionably the weakest aspect of international human rights law. He proposes several practical models that could begin to provide victims the "effective remedy" promised by the law itself. The book concludes that there is a moral and legal imperative to return to the universal principles human rights were founded on. And rather than witnessing the end of human rights--as some have suggested--we should see our times as the true beginning.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781442249103
  • ISBN-10: 1442249102
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Publish Date: August 2015
  • Dimensions: 8.97 x 6.06 x 0.23 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.63 pounds
  • Page Count: 174

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