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Author:   Jan Wouters ,  Koen Lemmens ,  Thomas Van Poecke ,  Marie Bourguignon
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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9781839100314

ISBN 10:   1839100311
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   13 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Contents: INTRODUCTION 1. The Interdependence of Issues Relating to the Universality, Proliferation and Costs of Human Rights Thomas Van Poecke, Marie Bourguignon, Jan Wouters and Koen Lemmens PART I: THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 2. The Mythic Universality of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights: Revisiting the Drafting History of the UDHR in Search for a Foundational Theory Nick Goetschalckx 3. The Case for a Comprehensive Global Human Rights Treaty under UN Auspices Prof. Dr. Konstantinos D. Magliveras 4. The Universality of Human Rights: A European perspective Prof. Dr. Paul Lemmens 5. Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships under the ECHR: Till Death - or the Lack of European Consensus - Do Us Part Dr. Johan Lievens and Nele Verbrugghe Part II: THE PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 6. The Proliferation of Human Rights: Between Devotion and Calculation Prof. Dr. Kasey McCall-Smith 7. Human Rights Adjudication: Between Hopes and Failures Dr. Dalia Palombo 8. Sustainable Development in New Generation Trade Agreements of the European Union: Towards Integration or Fragmentation of the Human Rights Language?' Michelle Meulebrouck 9. Denationalization under the EC(t)HR: A Need for an Autonomous Human Right to a Nationality? Louise Reyntjens PART III: THE COSTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 10. Economic, Social and Political Costs of the (Non-)Realization of Human Rights: Towards a New Social Contract Prof. Dr. Felipe Gomez Isa 11. Conflicts in Human Rights-Based Development Dr. Gustavo Arosemena and Bart Kleine Deters 12. Rights and Development: The Costs of Human Rights in Ethiopia Dr. Dina Townsend and Dr. Nicky Broeckhoven 13. The Least Financially Accountable Branch? The Right to Health and the Judiciary's Power of the Purse: An Israeli Perspective Dr. Hillel Sommer CONCLUSION 14. The Human Rights Project: Perspectives on Universality, Proliferation and Costs of Human Rights Dima Yared Index

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Edited by Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Koen Lemmens, Professor of International and European Human Rights Law and Media Law, Leuven Centre for Public Law, KU Leuven, Thomas Van Poecke, PhD Fellow, Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven and Marie Bourguignon, PhD Researcher, Leuven Centre for Public Law, KU Leuven, Belgium

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