Human Rights transformed

positive rights and positive duties

Human rights have traditionally been understood as protecting individual freedom against intrusion by the State. In this book, Sandra Fredman argues that this understanding requires radical revision. Human rights are based on a far richer view of freedom, which goes beyond being let alone, and ...

Why not torture terrorists?

moral, practical, and legal aspects of the "Ticking Bomb" justificaction for torture

This book addresses a dilemma at the heart of the 'War on Terror': is it ever justifiable to torture terrorists in order to save the lives of others, the so-called 'ticking bomb' scenario? The book opens with an analysis of the pure moral argument from ...

Terrorism and the limitation of rights

the ECHR and the US Costitution

Taking as a starting point the widely accepted view that states confronted with terrorism must find a proper equilibrium between their respective obligations of preserving fundamental rights and fighting terrorism effectively, this book seeks to demonstrate how the design and enforcement of a human rights ...

Inventing Human Rights

a history

Human rights is a concept that only came to the forefront during the eighteenth century. When the American Declaration of Independence declared "all men are created equal" and the French proclaimed the Declaration of the Rights of Man, they were bringing a new guarantee into ...

Pensar el final

la eutanasia. Éticas en conflicto

La eutanasia ha suscitado en las últimas décadas intensos debates de "expertos" que, en demasiadas ocasiones, han tenido un carácter cerrado, con discursos preconcebidos y argumentos dogmáticos anclados en principios religiosos, jurídicos o éticos. El presente volumen -elaborado por un conjunto de médicos, antropólogos, filósofos ...

Human Rights transformed

positive rights and positive duties

Human rights have traditionally been understood as protecting individual freedom against intrusion by the State. In this book, Sandra Fredman argues that this understanding requires radical revision. Human rights are based on a far richer view of freedom, which goes beyond being let alone, and ...

The execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

An important provision of the European Convention on Human Rights is that in the event of a violation being found, not only is the state in question required to redress the consequences of the violation vis-à-vis the applicant # by such means as reopening of proceedings ...

Derechos humanos depredados

hacia una dictadura del relativismo

Prol., Rafael Navarro Valls. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¿Por qué estamos tan inseguros sobre lo que está bien y lo que está mal, sobre lo que es condenable y lo que no? Vivimos en una sociedad multiétnica, plurirreligiosa y, por encima de todo ello, secular. La única base de ...

Treinta años de Derechos Humanos en España

balance en el año 2007

¿Qué ocurrió con los Derechos Humanos en España desde el fin de la dictadura? Entonces eran una divisa de lucha, un grito en la calle por la democracia. Y hoy, en el Estado de derecho fundado en 1978, ¿cuál es el balance? ¿hay cuestiones pendientes ...

El derecho humano al agua

Pese a su evidente importancia para garantizar la subsistencia humana, el acceso al agua es un derecho relativamente novedoso y de incompleta juridificación. El aumento exponencial en la demanda y el carácter limitado de este recurso generan en la actualidad situaciones de superabundancia para unos ...

Problemas fundamentales de los derechos humanos desde el horizonte de la praxis

Este libro abordar lo que hemos denominado "problemas del fundamentales de los derechos humanos". Intelectual-mente nos situamos para ello en el "horizonte de la praxis", en La linea desarrollada, entre otros, por la filosofía de Xavier Zubiri e Ignacio ELLacuría. Se trata por tanto de ...

The history of Human Rights

from Ancient times to the Globalization Era

Micheline Ishay recounts the dramatic struggle for human rights across the ages in a book that brilliantly synthesizes historical and intellectual developments from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to today's era of globalization. As she chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies ...

Los derechos humanos como historiografía y filosofía de la experiencia jurídica en G. Oestreich

simetrías y distorsiones frente a G. Radbruch

Human Rights issues in the 21st century

Human rights refers to "the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, people sometimes take advantage of these, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law." The United Nations Universal ...

Activismo de los Derechos Humanos y burocracias estatales

el caso Walter Bulacio

Este libro propone examinar los complejos caminos que un caso judicial atraviesa cuando en él se están discutiendo los umbrales del poder violento de policía. El interés de esta discusión reside en que quienes la emprenden son activistas de derechos humanos que se enfrentan al ...

Transitional justice from below

grassroots activism and the struggle for change

Although relatively new as a distinct field of study, transitional justice has become rapidly established as a vital field of enquiry. From vaguely exotic origins on the outer edges of political science, the study of 'justice' in times of transition has emerged as a central ...

Diccionario de términos de los derechos humanos

a dictionary of human rights: inglés-español/ spanish-english

Dir., Enrique Alcaraz. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ El Diccionario de Términos de los Derechos Humanos está formado por dos partes: inglés-español, con casi 3.300 entradas, y español-inglés, con cerca de 3.000, ordenadas en torno a 20 campos semánticos (familia, educación, migración, tortura, etc.). La obra se inscribe ...

Courting Social Justice

judicial enforcement of social and economic rights in the developing world

Eds. Varun Gauri, Daniel M. Brinks. This book is a first-of-its-kind, five-country empirical study of the causes and consequences of social and economic rights litigation. Detailed studies of Brazil, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and South Africa present systematic and nuanced accounts of court activity on social ...

Imperialismo humanitario

el uso de los Derechos Humanos para vender la guerra

Tras el fin de la Guerra Fría, la idea #Derechos Humanos# ha sido utilizada como justificación por parte de los poderes militares y económicos #singularmente por parte de Estados Unidos# para tomar el control de otros países, mediante una #intervención humanitaria#. Los criterios utilizados para ...

The tension between group rights and human rights

a multidisciplinary approach

The discussion of group rights, while always a part of the human rights discourse, has been gaining importance in the past decade. This discussion, which remains fundamental to a full realisation by the international community of its international human rights goals, requires careful analysis and ...