Human Dignity and International Law

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Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene: 100 Years of Human Dignity -- Chapter 2 Italian International Lawyers Facing Racial Laws: the Fate of Angelo Piero Sereni and Edoardo Vitta -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Early Stages of Their Academic Careers -- 3 Leaving Italy: a Difficult Decision -- 4 Returning to Their Academic Home: Challenge and Recognition -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 3 Hersch Lauterpacht and Human Dignity -- i Introduction -- ii Phase i (1922-1943): Humanité diffuse -- iii Phase ii (1943-1960): Humanité cristallisée -- iv Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Pure Theory of Law Amidst the Tempest: Hans Kelsen, Democracy and Human Rights -- 1 Introduction: Human Rights Enshrined in Kelsen's Systemic Theory -- 2 Human Rights as Part and Parcel of the "essence and value" of Democracy -- 3 Pure Theory of Law and the Punishment of the "most objectionable acts" -- 4 Conclusion: Kelsen's Sense of Justice -- Chapter 5 Nikolaos Politis and the Legal Status of the Individual in the International Legal Order -- 1 Individuals as Creators of International Law in Politis' Doctrine -- 2 Individuals as Objects or as Subjects of International Law in Politis' Doctrine -- 3 Individuals as Capable Subjects in the International Legal Order in Politis' Doctrine -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 6 International Institutional Protection of Human Rights: Achievements and Failures -- i Substantive Human Rights Guarantees -- ii Institutional Mechanisms -- 1 General Considerations -- 2 Monitoring by the Political Organs of the United Nations-the Early Period -- 3 The Expert Bodies within the Framework of the Core Human Rights Treaties -- iii Universal Periodic Review -- iv Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The Promise of International Criminal Justice: Achievements and Failures in Protecting Human Dignity.

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Human Dignity and International Law

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Gattini, Andrea; Webb, Philippa; Garciandia, Rosana

Gattini, Andrea; Webb, Philippa; Garciandia, Rosana

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Human dignity is a classical concept in public international law, and a core element of the human rights machinery built after the Second World War. This book reflects on the past, present and future of the concept of human dignity, focusing on the role of international lawyers in shaping the idea and their potential and actual role in protecting the rights of certain vulnerable groups of contemporary societies, such as migrant women at risk of domestic servitude, the LGB community and indigenous peoples

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Human dignity and international law

Gattini, Andrea; Garciandia, Rosana; Webb, Philippa

Gattini, Andrea; Garciandia, Rosana; Webb, Philippa

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Human dignity is a classical concept in public international law, and a core element of the human rights machinery built after the Second World War. This book reflects on the past, present and future of the concept of human dignity, focusing on the role of international lawyers in shaping the idea and their potential and actual role in protecting the rights of certain vulnerable groups of contemporary societies, such as migrant women at risk of domestic servitude, the LGB community and indigenous peoples

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