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Author:   Daniel Moeckli ,  Helen Keller ,  Corina Heri (Postdoctoral researcher, University of Amsterdam)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780198825890

ISBN 10:   0198825897
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   28 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Helen Keller and Daniel Moeckli: Introduction Part I: The Past: What Have the Covenants (Not) Achieved? 2: Maya Hertig Randall: The History of the Covenants: Looking Back Half a Century and Beyond 3: Gerald Neuman: Giving Meaning and Effect to Human Rights: The Contributions of Human Rights Committee Members 4: Daniel Moeckli: Interpretation of the ICESCR: Between Morality and State Consent 5: Patrick Mutzenberg: The Role of NGOs in the Implementation of the Covenants Part II: The Present: What Is the Influence of the Covenants? 6: Manisuli Ssenyonjo: Influence of the ICESCR in Africa 7: Basak Cali: Influence of the ICCPR in the Middle East 8: Monica Pinto and Martin Sigal: Influence of the ICESCR in the Americas 9: Yogesh Tyagi: Influence of the ICCPR in Asia 10: Amrei Muller: Influence of the ICESCR in Europe 11: Samantha Besson: The Influence of the Two Covenants on States Parties Across Regions: Lessons for the Role of Comparative Law and of Regions in International Human Rights Law Part III: The Future: What Should Become of the Covenants? 12: Stephen Humphreys: The Covenants in the Light of Anthropogenic Climate Change 13: Christine Kaufmann: The Covenants and Financial Crises 14: Felice Gaer: The Institutional Future of the Covenants: A World Court for Human Rights?

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Daniel Moeckli is Assistant Professor of Public International Law and Constitutional Law at the University of Zurich and Fellow of the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre. He is the author of Human Rights and Non-discrimination in the 'War on Terror' (OUP, 2008), for which he was awarded the Paul Guggenheim Prize, and Exclusion from Public Space (CUP, 2016) as well as co-editor of International Human Rights Law (OUP, 2017). Before joining the University of Zurich, he was a Lecturer at the University of Nottingham and worked for the International Bar Association, Amnesty International, and the Supreme Court of the Canton of Berne. Helen Keller is Professor of Public Law, European and Public International Law at the University of Zurich and serves as a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Keller's research focuses on international human rights law, paying particular attention to the European Convention on Human Rights. She is, inter alia, the author of The Reception of International Law (2003; in German), the co-author of Friendly Settlements before the European Court of Human Rights (OUP, 2010) as well as the co-editor of Family Forms and Parenthood (2016), UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies - Law and Legitimacy (CUP, 2012), and A Europe of Rights: the Impact of the ECHR on National Legal Systems (OUP, 2008). In addition, she has published numerous articles in international peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.

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