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With the decline of public funding and new strategies pursued by interest groups, foreign private foundations and donors have become growing contributors to the European human rights justice system. These groups have created their own litigation teams, have increasingly funded NGOs litigating the European Courts, and have contributed to the content and supervision of the European judgements, which all have direct effects on the growth and procedure of human rights. European Human Rights Justice and Privatisation analyses the impacts of this private influence and the resultant effects on international relations between states, including the orientation of European jurisprudence towards Eastern countries and the promotion of private and neo-liberal interests. This book looks at the direct and indirect threat of this private influence on the independency of the European justice and on the protection of human rights in Europe.

This book studies how victims of human rights violations in Latin America, their families, and their advocates work to overcome entrenched impunity and seek legal justice. Their struggles show that legal justice is a multifaceted process, the overarching purpose of which is to restore human dignity and prevent further violence. Uncovering, revealing, and proving the truth are essential elements of legal justice, and are also powerful tools to activate the process. When faced with stubborn impunity at home, victims, families, and advocates can carry on their work for legal justice by bringing cases in courts in other countries or in the inter-American human rights system. These extra-territorial courts can jump-start the process of legal justice at home. Seeking Human Rights Justice in Latin America examines the political and legal struggle through the lens of the human story at the heart of these cases

Introduction -- The increasing influence of private foundations in the realm of justice -- The Creeping Private Influence on the Inputs of the ECtHR and the CJEU -- The Influence of Private Foundations on the Outputs of the ECtHR and the CJEU -- The Growing Influence Exerted by the Private Sector on the Reform and Structure of the ECtHR and the CJEU -- Effects of the Growing Influence of Private Interests on the Orientation of the European Case Law -- The Effects of Private Litigation on Domestic Policies and International Relations : the Rise of Tensions between the EU, the US and Eastern Countries -- The Relationships between Litigation Funded by Private Foundations and Economic and Political Interests Pursued by them -- Conclusion

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: CRIMINAL ACTIVITY Victims of Crime -- The Contribution of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme -- Chapter 2: CRIMINAL ACTIVITY Victims of Crime: Justice, Support and Public Safety -- The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations -- Chapter 3: VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS United Nations Action from the Victims' Perspective -- The Contribution of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights and the High Commissioner for Human Rights -- Chapter 4: VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS Traumatic Stress and the Role of NGOs -- The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations -- Chapter 5: FORCED DISPLACEMENT Refugee Trauma, Protection and Assistance -- The Contribution of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -- Chapter 6: FORCED DISPLACEMENT Non-Governmental Efforts in the Psychosocial Care of Traumatized Peoples -- The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations -- Chapter 7: ARMED CONFLICTS AND ANALOGOUS DISTURBANCES How Visits by the ICRC Help Prisoners Cope with the Effects of Traumatic Stress -- The Contribution of the International Committee of the Red Cross -- Chapter 8: ARMED CONFLICTS Soldiers for Peace: Ordeals and Stress -- The Contribution of the United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces -- Chapter 9: NATURAL DISASTERS AND COMPLEX EMERGENCIES Prompt International Response -- The Contribution of the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs -- Chapter 10: NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER ACCIDENTS Provisions of Psychological Support -- The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations -- Chapter 11: TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN Healing the Invisible Wounds of Children in War: A Rights Approach -- The Contribution of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

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