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For some time, the word 'crisis' has been dominating international political discourse. But this is nothing new. Crisis has always been part of the discipline of international law. History indeed shows that international law has developed through reacting to previous experiences of crisis, reflecting an agreement on what it takes to avoid their repetition. However, human society evolves and challenges existing rules, structures, and agreements. International law is confronted with questions as to the suitability of the existing legal framework for new stages of development. Ulrich and Ziemele here bring together an expert group of scholars to address the question of how international law confronts crises today in terms of legal thought, rule-making, and rule-application. The editors have characterized international law and crisis discourse as one of a dialectical nature, and have grouped the articles contained in the volume under four main themes: security, immunities, sustainable development, and philosophical perspectives. Each theme pertains to an area of international law which at the present moment in time is subject to notable challenges and confrontations from developments in human society. The surprising general conclusion which emerges is that, by and large, the international legal system contains concepts, principles, rules, mechanisms and formats for addressing the various developments that may prima facie seem to challenge these very same elements of the system. Their use, however, requires informed policy decisions.

Discrimination on the basis of race, gender or other ascribed group affiliations or individual identities is an all too well-known phenomenon. International instruments are invoked and refined to alter this situation, but often to little avail. In the present volume, authors from across the globe explore the nature and forms of discrimination and seek to establish a new conceptual ground for addressing the issue. Toleration is often advocated as a remedy for discriminatory practices. In contrast to tolerance, which is seen as an attitude, toleration implies an active engaging of difference. In this volume, several authors address the inherent complexities of the notion itself, not least the implication of asymmetry between the tolerant and the tolerated. A central theme throughout the volume is the relative force of law and other areas of public concern in addressing the issues of both discrimination and toleration. From a wide range of legal, literary, anthropological, and philosophical perspectives, the authors also show how the role of the intellectual is vital in reshaping the discourse and in redirecting practices that may affirm the equal worth of all humans

The present edition of the Human Rights in Development Yearbook is the thirteenth edition in this series. With this volume, the yearbook's formal structure has shifted from that of a journal to a thematic anthology. The theme of this year's volume is "Reparations: Redressing Past Wrongs". The articles contained in the publication primarily stem from contributions prepared for a conference entitled "The Right to Compensation and Related Remedies for Racial Discrimination" that was hosted by the Danish Centre for Human Rights in April 2001. The conference was organised in anticipation of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, which was held in Durban in September 2001. The publication consists of 15 articles divided into four main parts addressing the subjects of "Reparations at the National and Regional Levels", "Precedence and Standing of International Law", "The Moral and Social Aspects of Reparation" and "Reflections". Human Rights in Development is the result of a joint research project born out of longstanding co-operation between the following research institutes and centres for human rights: the Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen; the Danish Centre for Human Rights, Copenhagen; the Icelandic Human Rights Centre, Reykjavik; the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna; the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, Montreal; the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht; the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, Oslo; the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund and Åbo Academy University, Åbo

This collection of essays explores the notion, tools and challenges of human rights diplomacy. Human rights diplomacy is understood as the utilisation of diplomatic negotiation and persuasion for the specific purpose of promoting and protecting human rights.This book builds on discussions at a high-level workshop on the topic, organised by the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre, the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation and the Adam Mickiewicz University of Pozna?, that was held in Venice.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Fundamentals on Human Rights and Music -- 1 What Are Human Rights? -- VOICE: Andra Matei (Romania/France) -- VOICE: Sajad Sepehri (Iran/stateless) -- 2 Why Music and Human Rights? -- VOICE: Saba Anglana (Somalia/Ethiopia/Italy) -- 3 The Human Right to Music -- VOICE: Ramzi Aburedwan (Palestine) -- 4 Music Education: Child Development and Human Rights -- 5 Censorship of Music -- VOICE: Srirak Plipat (Thailand/Norway) -- 6 The Right to Let Culture Die -- 7 Music Sustainability, Human Rights, and Future Justice -- VOICE: Joy-Leilani Garbutt (US) -- Part II Music in Pursuit of Human Rights -- 8 Orality and the Poetics of Forgiveness in South Sudan -- 9 Girls Can Dance Xigubu, Too: An Embodied Response to Gender-Based Violence in Mozambique -- VOICE: Ani Zonneveld (Malaysia/US) -- 10 Reimagine: The Role of Popular Music in Overcoming Homophobia in Sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa -- VOICE: Roshnie Moonsammy (South Africa) -- 11 Rock Nacional in Argentina: Resistance to Censorship and Cultural Repression During the Military Dictatorship (1976-1983) -- VOICE: Víctor Jara (Chile) -- VOICE: Ramy Essam (Egypt/Sweden) and Shady Habash (Egypt) -- 12 Silence, Complicity, and Forgotten Voices Heard -- VOICE: Katy Ambrose (US) -- VOICE: Weston Sprott (US) -- 13 Reinvoking Gran Bwa (Great Forest): Music, Environmental Justice, and a Vodou-Inspired Mission to Plant Trees Across Haiti -- 14 Music and Human Rights: A Perspective from the Humanitarian Sector -- VOICE: Laura Hassler (based in the Netherlands) -- 15 Music and the Arts as Healing Power During and After the Siege of Sarajevo -- VOICE: Merima Ključo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).