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Values, in terms of human rights and democracy, have become important factors for individual state's participation in the international community. Janne Haaland Matláry, former Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Norway, explores the ethical and moral conflict between the international system and the rights of sovereign powers in cases such as Kosovo, Bosnia and Rwanda.

Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Basic issues -- From a gubernative to a deliberative human rights policy definition, and further development of human rights as an act of collective self-determination -- The human right to democracy - a moral defence with a legal nuance -- The democratic constitution -- "From above" or "from the bottom up"? The protection of human rights between descending and ascending interpretations -- Gloomy prospects - seven theories on the future of democracy within a world society -- The Council of Europe

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Short Table of Contents -- Full Table of Contents -- Table of Cases -- 1. Introduction -- I. The Rise of Dignity -- II. Positioning Human Dignity at the Heart of European Constitutionalism -- III. Human Dignity as a Constitutional Concept -- IV. The Age of Dignity -- 2. We are Not Born in Dignity -- I. Introduction -- II. Human Dignity as Ideal -- III. 1789: From Dignities to Dignity -- IV. Dignity as Humanity -- V. Conclusion -- 3. The Foundations of European Constitutionalism: 1949, 1989, 2009 -- I. Introduction -- II. Making Sense of the Past -- III. Human Dignity as Constitutional Foundation -- IV. Normative Definition of Human Dignity -- V. Conclusion -- 4. Human Dignity: A Judge-Made Concept -- I. Introduction -- II. Endorsing and Re-Activating the Foundational Promise -- III. Making Human Dignity European -- IV. The Essence of European Constitutionalism -- V. Conclusion -- 5. Hidden in Plain View: Workers' Human Dignity -- I. Introduction -- II. Workers are Human Beings -- III. Constructing Workers' Dignity: The Eu Charter as a Basis -- IV. Workers' Dignity and Democracy -- V. Conclusion -- 6. Defining Dignity, Protecting Human Time -- I. Introduction -- II. Constitutional Time Overflows -- III. Human Dignity as Human Time -- IV. Protecting Human Time -- V. Conclusion -- 7. Re-Thinking European Constitutionalism: Dignity, Humanism, Democracy -- I. Introduction -- II. Constitutionalism As Humanism -- III. Dignity-Democracy -- IV. Conclusion -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Intro -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Barbara Helige: Foreword by the President of the Austrian League for Human Rights -- Florence Bellivier: Foreword by the Deputy Secretary General of the Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme (FIDH). The Death Penalty as an Area of Activity of the FIDH and the Leagues for Human Rights -- Wolfgang Schmale / Christopher Treiblmayr: The History of Human Rights Leagues. An Introduction -- Appendix: Human Rights Leagues in the Interwar Period -- Contributions -- William D. Irvine: War, Peace and Human Rights. The Dilemma of the Ligue des droits de l'homme -- Gilles Manceron: The French Ligue des droits de l'homme's Interest in International Issues from 1898 to the 1980s. Founding and Supporting the Fédération internationale des droits de l'homme -- Emmanuel Naquet: The LDH and the Bund Neues Vaterland. The Convergence of Two Human Rights Associations, 1914 to 1939 -- Lora Wildenthal: The Reincarnations of the German League for Human Rights in Occupied and West Germany -- Paul Aubert: The Spanish League of Human Rights -- Michalis Moraitidis: The History and the Interventions of the Hellenic League for Human Rights (1918-2016) -- Izabela Mrzygłód: The League for the Defence of Human and Civil Rights in Interwar Poland (1921-1937) -- Eric Vial: The Lega italiana dei diritti dell'uomo (Italian Human Rights League) -- Stilyan Deyanov: The Romanian League for Human Rights - a "Child of the Comintern"? (and possible comparison with the Bulgarian League) -- Christopher Treiblmayr: The Austrian League for Human Rights and its International Relations (1926-1938) -- Osman İşçi: The History of 20th-century Human Rights Movements in Turkey -- Forum -- David Morelli: The Belgian League for Human Rights. A First Outline for Future Research -- Paul Fonck: The Luxembourgish League for Human Rights.

Based on lecture. Instances in which countries have been found in violation of provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter I Mechanisms for monitoring compliance with human rights in the Council of Europe -- 1. The human rights order at universal, regional and national level -- 1.1. Standard-setting in the field of human rights -- 1.2. Monitoring compliance and enforcement procedures -- 2. Monitoring in the Council of Europe by institutional bodies -- 2.1. The Secretary General -- 2.2. The Committee of Ministers -- 2.3. The Parliamentary Assembly -- 2.4. The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights -- 3. The organisational framework for specific monitoring mechanisms in the Council of Europe -- 3.1. The former Directorate of Monitoring -- 3.2. The reform of the Secretariat's structure -- 4. Monitoring by independent expert bodies and hybrid systems -- 4.1. The four bodies chosen for detailed examination -- 4.2. The Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (CECL) -- 4.3. The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) -- 5. Monitoring by peer-review systems -- 5.1. The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) -- 5.2. The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) -- 6. Conclusions -- Chapter II Comparison of the legal framework, mandate and composition of the Council of Europe expert bodies -- 1. Comparing the legal framework, mandate and composition of Council of Europe expert bodies -- 2. ACFC -- 2.1. Legal framework -- 2.2. Mandate -- 2.3. Composition of the expert body -- 3. CPT -- 3.1. Legal framework -- 3.2. Mandate -- 3.3. Composition of the expert body -- 4. ECRI -- 4.1. Legal framework -- 4.2. Mandate -- 4.3. Composition of the expert body -- 5. ECSR -- 5.1. Legal framework -- 5.2. Mandate -- 5.3. Composition of the expert body.

This book answers a number of central questions in the ongoing scholarly and judicial debate on conflicts of human rights. Throughout this text, contributors provide both theoretical and practical answers by debating the very existence of human rights clashes as well as their resolution.