Diritti fondamentali e Unione Europea

una prospettiva costituzional-comparatistica

Nel quadro di un processo evolutivo delle istituzioni dell'Unione europea e delle relative finalità, lo studio affronta le tematiche poste dalle risalenti origini pretorie del riconoscimento e della protezione dei diritti fondamentali comunitari, quella della relativa completezza (o meno) del catalogo dei diritti riconosciuti ...

International Human Rights Law in a global context

Eds. Felipe Gómez Isa, Koen de Feyter. The international human rights system remains as dynamic as ever. If at the end of the last century there was a sense that the normative and institutional development of the system had been completed and that the emphasis ...

Human Rights and social movements

This book champions social movements as one of the most influential agents that shape our conceptions of human rights.Stammers argues that human rights cannot be properly understood outside of the context of social movement struggles. He explains how much of the literature on human ...

Human rights law

directions

Why do the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg have such an impact on UK law? Why did the UK need a Human Rights Act - and why do some people say it should be repealed? Human Rights Law Directions has been ...

La igualdad en los derechos

claves de la integración

Eds. Javier de Lucas, Ángeles Solanes. La integración en sociedades con presencia estable de inmigrantes, aparece como uno de los desafíos a considerar en el modelo de gestión democrática de sociedades multiculturales como la nuestra. Reflexionar y aborda su alcance e incidencia es el objetivo ...

Los Derechos Humanos desde el pensamiento de Ignacio Ellacuría

Esta investigación tiene como objeto principal el análisis de los elementos más sobresalientes del pensamiento de Ignacio Ellacuría y su proyección en el campo de los derechos humanos. Se trata de una tarea realizada en tres tiempos: el primero es filosófico, el segundo es iusfilosófico ...

Los Derechos Fundamentales y la Constitución

y otros estudios sobre Derechos Humanos

INDICE: Los Derechos Fundamentales como ámbito de libertad y compromiso de prestaciones. El debate constitucional. Los Derechos fundamentales en la Unión Europea. En espacial, la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea, La libertad religiosa.

Fair balance

proportionality, subsidiarity and primarity in the European Convention on Human Rights

CONTENTS: Table of Figures Ch. 1 Introduction 1 Ch. 2 The principle of proportionality Ch. 3 The principle of subsidiarity Ch. 4 The principle of primarity (formal aspect) Ch. 5 The principle of primarity (substantive aspect) Bibliography Index of cases Index

El arte del asesinato político

¿quién mató al obispo?

Trad., Claudia Méndez Arriaza. El 26 de abril de 1998, el obispo y coordinador de la Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala, Juan Gerardi, fue asesinado a golpes. Sólo habían pasado dos días desde que presentara las mil seiscientas páginas del informe que ...

La declaración universal de Derechos Humanos

La Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos es sin duda uno de los documentos más decisivos e importantes que ha producido la humanidad. La fecha simbólica de su cincuenta aniversario ha estimulado al Instituto de Derechos Humanos «Pedro Arrupe» de la Universidad de Deusto, a realizar ...

Global good Samaritans

human rights and foreign policy

In a troubled world where millions die at the hands of their own governments and societies, some states risk their citizens' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing states to protect helpless foreigners. Dozens of Canadian peacekeepers have died in Afghanistan ...

Law and the human body

property rights, ownership and control

Do you own your body? Advances in science and the development of genetic databases have added an aura of modern controversy to this long- standing and, as yet, unresolved problem. In particular, English law governing separated human tissue (including body parts and cell-lines) is unsatisfactory ...

I diritti umani oggi

Cosa sono i diritti umani? A che punto siamo con la loro tutela? Cosa possiamo fare noi, semplici cittadini, se non vogliamo restare sordi alle istanze di chi ne è privato? La problematica dei diritti umani, così importante sul piano politico, su quello delle ideologie ...

The United Nations and Human Rights

a guide for a new era

Julie Mertus' highly acclaimed text continues to be the only completely up-to-date comprehensive yet succinct guide to the United Nations human rights system. Today, virtually all UN bodies and specialized agencies are undertaking efforts to incorporate the promotion or protection of human rights into their ...

Blood and Soil

a world history of genocide and extermination from Sparta to Darfur

For thirty years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in unearthing confidential documentation of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge. His writings have transformed our understanding not only of ...

New technologies and human rights

Ed. Thérèse Murphy. The first IVF baby was born in the 1970s. Less than 20 years later, we had cloning and GM food, and information and communication technologies had transformed everyday life. In 2000, the human genome was sequenced. More recently, there has been much ...

Utopía y Derechos Humanos

los derechos del hombre en las sociedades ideales

La conexión entre derechos humanos y utopía se desprende, básicamente, del carácter ideal de ambas categorías. Se trata de aspiraciones aún no alcanzadas. Para los defensores de una visión iusnaturalista de los derechos humanos, la positivización de los mismos reviste un marcado carácter declarativo ya ...

New institutions for human rights protection

Ed. Kevin Boyle. This book presents a multi-faceted approach to one of the most crucial challenges facing Human Rights institutions today - the implementation gap that exists between human rights norms and their enforcement by States. Comprising contributions from renowned international scholars in the field of ...

Global basic rights

Eds. Charles R. Beitz, Robert E. Goodin. Politically, as well as philosophically, concerns with human rights have permeated many of the most important debates on social justice worldwide for fully a half-century. Henry Shue's 1980 book on Basic Rights proved to be a pioneering ...

The Law of international human rights protection

Human rights are invoked on many occasions. But are they more than lofty values and abstract principles? In providing a concise but comprehensive overview of international human rights protection at the global and regional levels, this book offers an introduction to the ideas, conceptual underpinnings ...