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The European Union's original focus was on economic integration among the six founding Member States. The task of securing human rights at a supranational level had been entrusted to the Council of Europe, which oversees and operates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its associated Court, the European Court of Human Rights, situated in Strasbourg. The ECHR remains the key instrument in Europe for the protection of human rights. At the same time, the EU has, over time, developed a framework for the protection of human rights which, in part, overlaps with the ECHR but also differs in significant ways.E-Book can be accessed here- https://sulne.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/studying-eu-law-during-and-after-brexit-1st-edition.pdf

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE: THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- CHAPTER 1: HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- A. The Development of Public International Law -- B. The Development of Individual Rights -- C. Forerunners of International Human Rights Law -- D. The Birth of International Human Rights Law -- E. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2: THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: THEORY AND CONTESTATION -- A. Defining Characteristics of the Concept of Human Rights -- B. Challenges to the Model -- C. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3: SUBJECTS AND SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW -- A. Subjects of International Human Rights Law -- B. Sources of International Human Rights Law -- C. Soft Law -- CHAPTER 4: THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- B. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- CHAPTER 5: OTHER UN HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS -- A. Introduction -- B. The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination -- C. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women -- D. The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- E. The Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols -- F. The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families -- G. Significant UN Non-Treaty Sources of Human Rights -- CHAPTER 6: REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS -- A. Instruments of the Organization of American States -- B. European Instruments -- C. African Union Instruments -- CHAPTER 7: RELATED FIELDS: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR, REFUGEE, HUMANITARIAN AND CRIMINAL LAW -- A. International Labour Law

Contrary to popular belief, there is a vast body of law dealing with human rights in Africa in existence today. The first priority at the moment is consequently not the adoption of new norms, or the creation of even more structures, the most immediate challenge lies in making the existing structures work and ensuring compliance with the norms already accepted by African societies. Access to the relevant material constitutes a necessary precondition for any other gains in this field. The aim of this reference work is, therefore, to make African human rights law accessible to all those involved in or interested in human rights law on the continent, in order to strengthen its impact. Primary documents are introduced and reproduced and presented in a coherent framework. The main institutions - public and private - dealing with human rights in Africa are identified and discussed. Comprehensive overviews of the international human rights legal regimes applicable to Africa, as well as country reports are provided. Access to this body of law will enable judges, practicing lawyers, academics and other researchers, as well as law reformers, NGOs, activists and students, to both ascertain and assert these rights. It will also serve to ensure the development of a stronger indigenous African human rights jurisprudence, rooted in local experience, history, culture and practices. This book consequently tries to contribute towards documenting, systemising and anchoring the African human rights system. This publication replaces and updates the earlier Human Rights Law in Africa Series, which appeared on an annual basis from 1996 to 1999. In order to make the publication accessible in Africa, the Centre for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Sweden have undertaken a targeted distribution campaign on the continent. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004138810)

What duties, if any, does international human rights law establish for individuals, corporations, and other private actors? For many years, the conventional answer has been that it places duties on states to respect the rights of individuals and creates few or no private duties. In other words, human rights law is aligned vertically, not horizontally. But that view has regularly been challenged. Most recently, in 2003, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (Commission), historically the most important incubator of human rights agreements, received two proposed instruments that might appear to realign human rights law horizontally: private actors would have duties as well as rights, and they would owe those duties to society as a whole or to individuals within it. The draft Declaration on Human Social Responsibilities (Declaration) would identify duties that all individuals owe to their societies; and the Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights (draft Norms) would set out duties of businesses under human rights law. The Human Rights Commission did not embrace the proposals before its replacement by the Human Rights Council in 2006, and the Council has not considered them. Both received some support, however, and it seems likely that their proponents will continue to pursue adoption of their principles in one form or another. This article argues that if adopted, those principles would cause serious damage to human rights law.

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"International Human Rights Law provides a student- and practice-oriented examination of the law of international human rights, suitable for either a two- or three-credit course or seminar. The book, which is available in both print and digital formats, is designed to take full advantage of excellent web-based resources relating to international human rights, providing links throughout the materials. Its orientation is less theoretical and more practical than other books on the subject, with a focus on international and domestic institutional remedies for addressing current human rights violations. The new edition incorporates recent newsworthy human rights situations and legal developments in both international and U.S. domestic law"--