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Universal Human Rights and Extraterritorial Obligations.
Title:
Universal Human Rights and Extraterritorial Obligations.
Author:
Gibney, Mark.
ISBN:
9780812204841
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (263 pages)
Series:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Obligations of States to Prevent and Prohibit Torture in an Extraterritorial Perspective -- Chapter 2. Obligations to Protect the Right to Life: Constructing a Rule of Transfer Regarding Small Arms and Light Weapons -- Chapter 3. Growing Barriers: International Refugee Law -- Chapter 4. Diagonal Environmental Rights -- Chapter 5. The Human Rights Responsibility of International Assistance and Cooperation in Health -- Chapter 6. The World Food Crisis and the Right to Adequate Food -- Chapter 7. Labor Standards and Extraterritoriality: Cambodian Textile Exports and the International Labour Organization -- Chapter 8. A Sort of Homecoming: The Right to Housing -- Chapter 9. Protecting Rights in the Face of Scarcity: The Right to Water -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.
Abstract:
In the face of globalization, the fundamental principles governing international law are changing dramatically. This book examines both the international and domestic foundations of human rights law and addresses how states' actions or omissions may affect the human rights of individuals in foreign states.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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