Overview

The Right to Life under International Law offers the first-ever comprehensive treatment under international law of the foundational human right to life. It describes the history, content, and status of the right, considers jurisdictional issues, and discusses the application of the right to a wide range of groups, such as women, children, persons with disabilities, members of minorities, LGBTI persons, refugees, and journalists. It defines the responsibility of not only governments but also the private sector, armed groups, and non-governmental organisations to respect the prohibition on arbitrary deprivation of life. It also explains the nature and substance of the duty to investigate potentially unlawful death as well as the mechanisms at global and regional level to promote respect for the right to life.

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Author:   Stuart Casey-Maslen (University of Pretoria) ,  Christof Heyns (University of Pretoria)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   1.480kg
ISBN:  

9781108494786

ISBN 10:   1108494781
Pages:   960
Publication Date:   23 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

An historical introduction to the right to life; Part I. Overview of the Right to Life under International Law: 1. The status of the right; 2. The content of the right; 3. Jurisdiction and the right to life; 4. The relationship between the right to life and other human rights; Part II. Major Themes: 5. Deaths as a result of armed conflict; 6. Jus ad bellum, aggression, and the right to life; 7. Use of force in law enforcement; 8. Counterterrorism; 9. The death penalty; 10. Deaths in custody; 11. Abortion; 12. Euthanasia and suicide; 13. Poverty and starvation; 14. Assemblies, demonstrations, and protests; 15. Arms control and disarmament; 16. Enforced disappearance; 17. Accidents, disease, and natural disasters; 18. Pollution and climate change; 19. Autonomous use of force; 20. Slavery; Part III. The Protection of At-Risk Groups and Individuals: 21. The right to life of women; 22. The right to life of children; 23. Racially motivated killings; 24. LGBTI persons; 25. Persons with disabilities; 26. Older persons; 27. Journalists; 28. Human rights defenders; 29. International migrants; 30. Internally displaced persons; 31. Refugees; Part IV. Accountability: 32. The right to life and state responsibility; 33. The right to life and responsibility of international organisations; 34. Corporate responsibility and the right to life; 35. The right to life and the responsibility of non-state armed groups; 36. the right to life and non-governmental organisations; 37. The right to life and the responsibility of individuals; Part V. Human rights machinery protecting the right to life; 38. The UN human rights machinery and the right to life; 39. Regional human rights machinery and the right to life; Part VI. Outlook: 40. customary rules pertaining to the right to life; 41. The future of the right to life.

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Stuart Casey-Maslen is an international lawyer specialising in the use of force and the protection of civilians. He is an honorary Professor at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. He has written widely on international human rights and humanitarian law, arms control and disarmament law, and jus ad bellum. The late Christof Heyns was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee (2017–2020), the former UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) at the University of Pretoria. He was recognized internationally as a leading expert in the field of international human rights law, including right to life issues and regional human rights mechanisms, and published widely on these matters.

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