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The issue of migration presents clear challenges to international human rights courts due to its political sensitivity. This book contrasts the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights, showing how their rulings differ on this issue. It argues that the Inter-American Court's approach is more sympathetic to the individuals involved

Human rights are universally recognized. Their enforcement, however, often requires the action of particular states. This paper examines private law reme-dies in tort in several Member states of the European Union to remedy human rights violations occurring outside the European Union. It concludes that the laws examined are examples of universal jurisdiction and rights and duties of private persons under international law, which are two key elements of the post-Westphalian state system.

The so-called right to property, sometimes called the right of property, divides opinion, central to some systems of belief. Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Court of Human Rights ("P1-1") consists of three sentences. However, the complicated inter-relation of these three sentences is still not resolved despite half a century of case-law. The aim of this note is to try and discern a pattern, if any, in the Court's thinking. Adapted from the source document.