Human Rights in Emergencies

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, International, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
Cover of the book Human Rights in Emergencies by , Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781316687420
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: July 21, 2016
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781316687420
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: July 21, 2016
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Public emergencies such as civil wars, natural disasters, and economic crises test the theoretical and practical commitments of international human rights law. During national crises, international law permits states to suspend many human rights protections in order to safeguard national security. States frequently overstep the limits of this authority, violating even peremptory human rights such as the prohibitions against torture and prolonged arbitrary detention. In this volume, leading scholars from law, philosophy and political science grapple with challenging questions concerning the character, scope, and salience of international human rights, and they explain how the law seeks to protect human rights during emergencies. The contributors also evaluate the law's successes and failures, and offer new proposals for strengthening respect for human rights.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Public emergencies such as civil wars, natural disasters, and economic crises test the theoretical and practical commitments of international human rights law. During national crises, international law permits states to suspend many human rights protections in order to safeguard national security. States frequently overstep the limits of this authority, violating even peremptory human rights such as the prohibitions against torture and prolonged arbitrary detention. In this volume, leading scholars from law, philosophy and political science grapple with challenging questions concerning the character, scope, and salience of international human rights, and they explain how the law seeks to protect human rights during emergencies. The contributors also evaluate the law's successes and failures, and offer new proposals for strengthening respect for human rights.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Lacey, Wells and Quick Reconstructing Criminal Law by
Cover of the book Pragmatic Strategy by
Cover of the book Thinking with Concepts by
Cover of the book The Reinvention of Magna Carta 1216–1616 by
Cover of the book Governing Climate Change by
Cover of the book Small Cell Networks by
Cover of the book The Cambridge Introduction to Toni Morrison by
Cover of the book Sequential Analysis and Observational Methods for the Behavioral Sciences by
Cover of the book The Poetics of Insecurity by
Cover of the book Conscription, Family, and the Modern State by
Cover of the book The Powers of Law by
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to American Islam by
Cover of the book Language Contact in Europe by
Cover of the book Culture under Cross-Examination by
Cover of the book Indian and Slave Royalists in the Age of Revolution by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy