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Cover Conceptualizing Femicide as a Human Rights Violation
Conceptualizing Femicide as a Human Rights Violation
State Responsibility Under International Law
Angela Hefti

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This thought-provoking book conceptualizes femicide as a multifaceted human rights violation and proposes state responsibility for group-related risks of violence against women and girls. In doing so, it reassesses the concept of femicide, analysing it in view of the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, as well as several facets of human rights.

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Monograph Book
Published:
21 Jun 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803920443
Collection:
Law 2022
Cover The Legal Limits of Direct Democracy
The Legal Limits of Direct Democracy
A Comparative Analysis of Referendums and Initiatives across Europe
Edited by Daniel Moeckli, Anna Forgács, and Henri Ibi
With the rise of direct-democratic instruments, the relationship between popular sovereignty and the rule of law is set to become one of the defining political issues of our time. This important and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of the limits imposed on referendums and citizens’ initiatives, as well as of systems of reviewing compliance with these limits, in 11 European states.
Open access
Monograph Book
Published:
13 Jul 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372801
Collection:
Law 2021
Cover The Human Right to Health
The Human Right to Health
Solidarity in the Era of Healthcare Commercialization
Eduardo Arenas Catalán
This timely book offers a fresh perspective on how to effectively address the issue of unequal access to healthcare. It analyses the human right to health from the underexplored legal principle of solidarity, proposing a non-commercial understanding of the positive obligations inherent in the right to health.
Open access
Monograph Book
Published:
22 Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979658
Collection:
Law 2021
Cover Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors in Education
Edited by Frank Adamson, Sylvain Aubry, Mireille de Koning, and Delphine Dorsi
This insightful book analyses the process of the first adoption of guiding human rights principles for education, the Abidjan Principles. It explains the development of the Abidjan Principles, including their articulation of the right to education, the state obligation to provide quality public education, and the role of private actors in education.
Open access
Monograph Book
Published:
18 May 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106033
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Knowledge for Peace
Knowledge for Peace
Transitional Justice and the Politics of Knowledge in Theory and Practice
Edited by Briony Jones and Ulrike Lühe
Combining the knowledge and experience of leading international researchers, practitioners and policy consultants, Knowledge for Peace discusses how we identify, claim and contest the knowledge we have in relation to designing and analysing peacebuilding and transitional justice programmes. Exploring how knowledge in the field is produced, and by whom, the book examines the research-policy-practice nexus, both empirically and conceptually, as an important part of the politics of knowledge production.
Open access
Monograph Book
Published:
16 Feb 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789905359
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover A Commentary on the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
A Commentary on the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Edited by Julia Planitzer and Helmut Sax
This comprehensive Commentary provides the first fully up-to-date analysis and interpretation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. It offers a concise yet thorough article-by-article guide to the Convention’s anti-trafficking standards and corresponding human rights obligations.
Open access
Commentaries
Published:
15 Dec 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788111560
Collection:
Law 2020
Cover Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Edited by Marie E. Gispen and Brigit Toebes
Large-scale adverse health and developmental outcomes related to tobacco affect millions of people across the world, raising serious questions from a human rights perspective. In response to this crisis, this timely book provides a comprehensive analysis of the promotion and enforcement of human rights protection in tobacco control law and policy at international, regional, and domestic levels. This book was realised with funding from the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF).
Open access
Monograph Book
Published:
14 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974820
Collection:
Law 2020
Cover Citizenship in Times of Turmoil?
Citizenship in Times of Turmoil?
Theory, Practice and Policy
Edited by Devyani Prabhat
This innovative book considers the evolution of the contemporary issues surrounding British citizenship, integrating the social aspects and ideas of identity and belonging alongside the legal elements. With contributions from renowned lawyers and academics, it challenges the view that there are immutable values and enduring rights associated with citizenship status.
Open access
Monograph Book
Published:
30 Aug 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788119214
Collection:
Law 2019