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The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly marked a groundbreaking moment in the field of international law. Not only would it start to move away from its original conception as an exclusively State-centered domain: it would also mark the progressive transformation of international law into a law for humankind. This instrument started a codification and institution-building process that would slowly evolve into a complex framework of treaties, bodies and procedures revolving around the protection of the human being against the actions – or omissions – of the State. This commentary provides a specific article-by-article analysis and reflection of the negotiation history and evolution over time of each one of the rights enshrined therein.

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Author:   Humberto Cantú Rivera
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Weight:   1.510kg
ISBN:  

9789004365124

ISBN 10:   9004365125
Pages:   812
Publication Date:   20 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Völker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors The 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights   Humberto Cantú Rivera 1  Dignity and Equality   Francisco J. Rivera Juaristi 2 Non-discrimination   Aderomola Adeola 3 The Right to Life, Liberty and Security   Danielle Anne Pamplona 4 The Prohibition of Slavery   Daria Davitti 5 The Prohibition of Torture   Etienne Henry 6 Recognition before the Law   Alonso E. Illueca 7 Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law   Dorothy Estrada-Tanck 8 The Right to an Effective Remedy   Humberto Cantú Rivera 9 The Prohibition of Arbitrary Detention   José Antonio Guevara Bermúdez 10 The Right to a Fair Trial   Dinah Shelton 11 The Principle of Legality   Andrew Novak 12 The Rights to Privacy and Family Life   Audrey Lebret 13 Freedom of Movement and the Right of Residence   Karlos A. Castilla Juárez 14 The Right to Asylum   Javier Tous 15 The Right to a Nationality   Leonardo S. C. Castilho 16 The Right to Marry and to Found a Family   Ana Cláudia Ruy Cardia Atchabahian 17 The Right to Property   Carolina Olarte-Bácares 18 Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion   Pablo Contreras and Belén Saavedra 19 Freedom of Opinion and Expression   David Kaye and Azin Tadjdini 20 The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association   Alejandra Ancheita and Michael Rolla Negrete Cárdenas 21 Political Rights   Anna Glazewski 22 The Right to Social Security   Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona 23 The Right to Work   Larry Catá Backer 24 The Right to Just and Favourable Conditions of Work   Nicolas Bueno 25 The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living The Right to Housing   Jessie Hohmann 25.1 The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living The Right to Food   Ana María Suárez Franco 25.2 The Right to Social Security   Virginia Bras Gomes 26 The Right to Education   Daniel Iglesias Márquez 27 Cultural Rights   Daniel Cerqueira 28 The Right to a Social and International Order   Emmanuel Decaux 29.1 Duties to the Community   Laurent Trigeaud 29.2 Limitations in the Exercise of Rights   Alfredo Crosato Neumann 30 The Non-abuse Clause   Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli Index

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Humberto Cantú Rivera is Professor at the Faculty of Law and Director of the Human Rights and Business Institute of the University of Monterrey (UDEM, Mexico). He has authored, edited or co-edited nine books in Spanish and English, including The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (Intersentia, 2015), Derechos humanos y empresas: Reflexiones desde América Latina (IIDH, 2017), and Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility (with Catherine Kessedjian; Springer, 2020).

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