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Table of contents / Table des matières -- I Basic Texts and General Information / Premiere Partie Textes Fondamentaux et Informations de Caractere General -- I. Basic Texts / Chapitre I. Textes Fondamentaux -- II. The European Commission of Human Rights / Chapitre II. La Commission Europeenne des Droits de L'Homme -- III. The European Court of Human Rights / Chapitre III. La Cour Europeenne des Droits de L'Homme -- IV. Principal Developments in the Council of Europe Concerning the Protection of Human Rights / Chapitre IV. Principaux Evenements Ayant Marque le Developpement de la Protection des Droits de L.Homme dans le Cadre du Conseil de L'Europe -- II Decisions of the European Commission and European Court of Human Richts and of the Committee of Ministers / Deuxieme Partie Decisions de la Commission Europeenne, de la Cour Europeenne et du Comite des Ministres -- I. Inter-State Applications / Chapitre I. Requetes Interetatiques -- II. Individual Applications / Chapitre II. Requetes Individuelles -- III. Cases Brought before the Court / Chapitre III. Affaires Portees devant la Cour -- IV. Case before the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe / Chapitre IV. Affaire Dont le Comite des Ministres du Conseil de L'Europe S'Est Trouve Saisi -- III The Convention within the Member States of the Council of Europe / Troisieme Partie la Convention dans L'Ordre Interne des Etats Membres du Conseil de L'Europe -- I. The Convention in the Parliaments of the Member States / Chapitre I. La Convention devant les Parlements des Etats Membres -- II. The Convention in the Domestic Courts of the Contracting Parties / Chapitre II. La Convention devant les Juridictions Internes des Etats Contractants -- IV The Influence of the Convention / Quetrieme Partie le Rayonnement de la Convention -- Appendix Documentation and Bibliography / Annexe Documentation et Bibliographie -- A. Council of Europe Documents / Documents du Conseil de L'Europe -- B. Selective Bibliography of Publications Concerning the European Convention of Human Rights / Liste des Principales Publications Concernant la Convention -- Alphabetical Index / Index Alphabetique.

AbstractThe present article is devoted to developing a libertarian understanding of whether natural rights may or may not underpin human rights and, if so, how. Libertarianism is first defined in terms of the nonaggression principle (NAP), in answer to the question "What is the proper use of force?" This provides a basis for the libertarian positions on property rights, taxation, and many other issues, including human rights. Various philosophical rationales for the NAP are explored, including utilitarianism, religion, and natural rights. The basis of human rights is then examined. Every ethical tradition supports the nonaggression principle, which makes it an ideal candidate for the fundamental basis of human rights. Unfortunately, other traditions expand upon human rights by adding "positive" rights that ultimately violate the NAP. The conclusion takes up the application of libertarian principles to three issues, which could be viewed as human rights questions: discrimination, abortion, and the "trolley problem." The last one involves taking one life to save many others.

Chapter 1: Issues and Overview of Terrorism and Human Rights -- Chapter 2: The Nature and Statistics of Terrorism and its Violations of Citizens' and Victims' Human Rights -- Chapter 3: Human Rights Retained by Alleged Terrorists -- Chapter 4: Counter-Terrorism Resolutions and Listing of Terrorists and Their Organizations by the United Nations -- Chapter 5: Declarations by the UN Commissioner On Human Rights and Other Authorities On the Civil Liberties Limits to Counter-Terrorism Actions -- Chapter 6: Counter-Terrorism Resolutions and Initiatives by Regional Institutions -- Chapter 7: Derogation of Civil Liberties -- Chapter 8: Surveillance Versus Privacy -- Chapter 9: Detention -- Chapter 10: Torture -- Chapter 11: United States -- Chapter 12: United Kingdom -- Chapter 13: France -- Chapter 14: Germany -- Chapter 15: Russia -- Chapter 16: China -- Chapter 17: India -- Chapter 18: Israel -- Chapter 19: Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 20: US District Courts and US Supreme Court Judgements -- Chapter 21: The European Court of Human Rights -- Chapter 22: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights -- Chapter 23: The African Court on Human and People's Rights -- Chapter 24: Human Rights NGOs -- Chapter 25: Human Rights Policy Research Institutes -- Chapter 26: Human Rights Academic Study Centres -- Chapter 27: Human Rights Blogs and Individual Champions -- Chapter 28: An Agenda for Protecting Human Rights in Counter-Terrorism Policies and Operations

"This title was first published in 2002. Was the bombing of Belgrade morally justified as an attempt to halt 'ethnic cleansing' in Kosovo'? Should Western states have tried to prevent the slaughter in Rwanda? Are there, indeed, genuinely universal 'human rights' which could justify such interventions, or is the upholding of such rights simply the imposition of culturally specific values on other cultures? Is national sovereignty a necessary and legitimate impediment to intervention, or are we seeing the emergence of a 'new international order' in which national boundaries are less significant? These and related ethical and political questions are addressed from a wide variety of perspectives by the contributors to this book. The answers presented form important reading for students and researchers in philosophy and in international relations, and for anyone interested in the difficult questions about whether and when other states may intervene in a country's internal affairs in order to uphold human rights."--Provided by publisher.