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| 61. | Purushothaman, Sangeetha : The empowerment of women in India, 1998 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph The empowerment of women in India : grassroots women's networks and the state / Purushothaman, Sangeetha, 384 p.. - New Delhi : Sage, 1998. ISBN 81-7036-648-8 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Introduction \ The Material Conditions Shaping Grassroots Women's Lives and Their Organizations \ The Formation of the Swayam Shikshan Prayog Network \ Social Movement Theory: Applicability to Indian Women's Organizations \ Women and the State in India \ Process and Outcomes of the Activities of the Swayam Shikshan Prayog \ Conclusion. INDEX WORDS:
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| 62. | Wilson, Richard (ed.) : Human rights, culture and context, 1997 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Human rights, culture and context : anthropological perspectives / Wilson, Richard (ed.) - (Anthropology, culture and society), viii, 228 p.. - London : Pluto Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7453-1143-1 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Human Rights, Culture and Context: An Introduction Rictord A Wilson 2. Legal Pluralism and Transnational Culture: The Ka Ho'okolokolonui Kanaka Maoh Tribunal, Hawai'i, 1993 Sally Engle Merry 3. Multiculturalism, Individualism and Human Rights: Romanticism, the Enlightenment and Lessons from Mauritius Thomas Hylland Eriksen 4. Liberalism, Socio-economic Rights and the Politics of Identity: From Moral Economy to Indigenous Rights }ohn Gledhill 5. On Torture, or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment III Talal Asad 6. Representing Human Rights Violations: Social Contexts and Subjectivities . Richard A. Wilson 7. Universal and Sustainable Human Rights? Special Tribunals in Guatemala Jennifer Schirmer 8. To Whom Should We Listen? Human Rights Activism in Two Guatemalan Land Disputes David Stall INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Australia / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Guatemala / India / Iran / Israel / Latin America / Mexico / Northern Ireland / South Africa NOTE (GENERAL): Geneva conventions; Draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; UDHR; |
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| 63. | introd. by Firoze Manji : Development and rights, 1998 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Development and rights : selected essays from "Development in practice" / introd. by Firoze Manji - (Development in practice readers), 192 p.. - London : Oxfam, 1998. ISBN 0-85598-406-6 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. The depoloticisation of poverty, by Firoze Manji. 2. The humanitarian responsibilities of the UN Security Council : ensuring the security of the prople, by Juan Somavia. 3. African rural labour and teh World Bank : an alternative perspective, by Deborah Fahy Bryceson and John Howe. 4. Empowerment and survival : humanitarian work in civil conflict, by Martha Thompson. 5. The global struggle for the right to a place to live, by Miloon Kothari. 6. Agrarian reform : a continuing imperative or an anachronism?, by Christina Liamzon. 7. The ethics of immigration controls : issues for development NGO's, by ANdy Storey. 8. The right to protection from sexual assault : the Indian anti-rape campaign, by feetanjali Gangoli. 9. Guatemala : uncovering the past, recovering the future, by Elizabeth Lira. 10. Strengthening unions : the case of irrigated agriculture in the Brazilian north-east, by Didier Bloch. 11. All rights guaranteed - all actors accountable : poverty is a violation of human rights, by Grahame Russell. 12. Collective memory and the process of reconciliation and reconstruction, by Wiseman Chirwa. 13. Devastation by leather tanneries in Tamil Nadu, by John Paul Baskar. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; UN charter; |
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| 64. | Maclean, Janet (ed.) : Property and the constitution, 1999 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Property and the constitution / Maclean, Janet (ed.), xix, 276 p.. - Oxford : Portland Oregon, 1999. ISBN 1-84113-055-9 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Property as power and resistance, by Janet McLean. 2. Private property and public propriety, by Kevin Gray and Susan Francis Gray. 3. The many dimensions of property, by Geoffrey Samuel. 4. Is property a human right?, by Jim Harris. 5. Constitutionalising property : two expereinces, two dilemmas, by Gregory S. Alexander. 6. The constitutional property clause : striking a balance between guarantee and limitation, by ANdre van der Walt. 7. The human rights act (UK) and property law, by Tom Allen. 8. The normative resilience of property, by Jeremy Waldron. 9. Normative resilience - a response to Waldron, by Maurice Goldsmith. 10. A constitutional property settlement between Ngai Tahu and the New Zealand crown, by John Dawson. 11. Property and the treaty of Waitrangi : a tragedy of the commodities?, by Alex Frame. 12. Liberal, democratic and socialist approaches to the public dimensions of private property, by Michael Robertson. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: USA / South Africa / United Kingdom / Australia / India NOTE (GENERAL): Canadian charter of rights and freedoms; ECHR; |
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| 65. | Walt, A. J. van der : Constitutional property clauses, 1999 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Constitutional property clauses : a comparative analysis / Walt, A. J. van der ; with a foreword by Frank I. Michelman, xix, 630 p.. - Cape Town : Juta; Kluwer, 1999. ISBN 90-411-1273-1 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Australia / Austria / Canada / germany / Guyana / India / Ireland / Jamaica / Japan / Malaysia / Mauritius / Namibia / South Africa / Switzerland / Trinidad and Tobago / USA / Zimbabwe NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ACHPR; ECHR; AMR; |
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| 66. | Miller, D. L. Carey : Land title in south AFrica, 2000 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Land title in south AFrica / Miller, D. L. Carey ; with Anne Pope, xciv, 614 p.. - Cape Town : Juta & Co., 2000. ISBN 0-7021-5120-3 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. The development of discriminatory landholding. 2. Registration. 3. Prescription. 4. Alternative forms of title. 5. The 1991 land law reforms. 6. The constitutional basiss of the reform agenda. 7. Restitution. 8. Redistribution. 9. Tenure reform. 10. Analysis of reform in context. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): Canadian charter of rights and freedoms; ECHR; UDHR; |
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| 67. | Snyder, Margaret : Gender and the food regime, 1991 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial Gender and the food regime : some transnational and human issues / Snyder, Margaret REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): Transnational law & contemporary problems : symposium : the global food regime in the 1990s : efficiency, stability and equity : vol. 1; no. 2 (Fall 1991)., p. 469-506. - Iowa City : University of Iowa College of Law, 1991. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
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| 68. | Unequal protection, 2001 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Unequal protection : the state response to violent crime on South African farms /, 242 p.. - New York : Human Rights Watch, 2001. ISBN 1-56432-263-7 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: South Africa LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: s HRW
URL http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/safrica2/Safarms1.htm#_1_1 |
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| 69. | Johansson Dahre, Ulf : Det förgångna är framtiden, 2001 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Det förgångna är framtiden : ursprungsfolk och politiskt självbestämmanderätt i Hawai'i / Johansson Dahre, Ulf - (Lund monographs in social anthropology ; 9 ), 228 p.. - Lund : Lunds Universitet, 2001. ISBN 91-7267-107-6 LANGUAGE: SWE INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: USA / Hawaii NOTE (GENERAL): Convention on the protection and integration of indigenous and tribal populations (ILO convention no. 107); Convention concerning the indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries (ILO convention no. 169); |
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| 70. | Bowyer-Bower, T. A. S. (ed.) : Land reform in Zimbabwe, 2000 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Land reform in Zimbabwe : constraints and prospects / Bowyer-Bower, T. A. S. (ed.) ; Stoneman, Colin, xiv, 206 p.. - Aldershot : Ashgate, 2000. ISBN 0-7546-1547-2 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Land reform's constraints and prospects: policies, perspectives and ideologies in Zimbabwe today, by T.A.S. Bowyer-Bower and Colin Stoneman. 2. Mugabe's 'land grab' in regional perspective, by Robin Palmer. 3. A review of the UK ODA evaluation of the land resettlement programme in 1998 and the land appraisal mission of 1996, by John Cuswoth. 4. The politics of land reform in Zimbabwe, by Lionel Cliffe. 5. Zimbabwe land policy and the land reform programme, by Colin Stoneman. 6. Theory into practice: perspectives on land reform of the farmers' unions of Zimbabwe, by T.A.S. Bowyer-Bower. 7. The political economy of land redistribution in the 1990s, by Sam Moyo. 8. Implications for poverty of land reform in Zimbabwe: insights from the findings of the 1995 poverty assessment survey study, by T.A.S. Bowyer-Bower. 9. The implications of land reform for rural welfare, by B.H. Kinsey. 10. Zimbabwean people's perceptions of the land resettlement programme: the case of rural-urban migrants, by Debby Potts. 11. The enduring appeal of technical development in Zimbabwe's Agrarian reform, by J. Alexander. 12. Resource implications of land resettlement in Zimbabwe: insights from woodland changes, by Jennifer A. Elliott. 13. Land inheritance issues in Zimbabwe today, by Simon Coldham. 14. Land reform versus customary law: what about women?, by Jenny Brown. 14. The effects of land reform on gender relations in Zimbabwe, by Susie Jacobs. 16. Land reform in Zimbabwe: dimensions of a reformed land structure, by Mandivamba Rukuni. INDEX WORDS:
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| 71. | Selverston-Scher, Melina : Ethnopolitics in Ecuador, 2001 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Ethnopolitics in Ecuador : indigenous rights and the strenghtening of democracy / Selverston-Scher, Melina, xxvi, 152 p.. - Miami : University of Miami. North-South Center Press, 2001. ISBN 1-57454-090-4 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS: 1. Introduction. 2. Nationalism and Indigenous Politics in Latin America. 3. Indigenous-State Relations in Ecuador: The Politics of Culture. 4. The 1990 Indigenous Uprising in Ecuador: Politicized Ethnicity as Social Movement. 5. The Politics of Identity Reconstruction. 6. Local Indigenous Politics: Three Cases in Rural Ecuador. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ICESCR;
URL http://www.rienner.com/viewbook.cfm?BOOKID=1213&search=ethnopolitics |
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| 72. | Amoo, S. K. : Towards comprehensive land tenure systems and land reform in Namibia, 2001 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial Towards comprehensive land tenure systems and land reform in Namibia / Amoo, S. K. REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): South African journal on human rights : vol. 17; no. 1., p. 87-108. - Kenwyn : Juta & Co., 2001. - ISSN 0258-7203 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: South Africa
URL http://wwwserver.law.wits.ac.za/sajhr/contents2001_1.html |
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| 73. | Leckie, Scott (ed.) : Returning home, 2003 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Returning home : housing and property restitution rights of refugees and displaced persons / Leckie, Scott (ed.), xx, 433 p.. - Arsley, N.Y. : Transnational publ., 2003. ISBN 1-57105-241-0 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Table of Contents Foreword Theo van Boven Part I Introduction Chapter 1. New Directions in Housing and Property Restitution Scott Leckie Part II Case Studies on Housing and Property Restitution Chapter 2. Musical Chairs: Property Repossession and Return Strategies in Bosnia and Herzegovina Marcus Cox and Madeline Garlick Chapter 3. Property Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Contribution of the Human Rights Ombudsperson and the Human Rights Chamber Towards their Protection Walpurga Englbrecht Chapter 4. Slow Start on a Long Journey: Land Restitution Issues in East Timor Jean Du Plessis Chapter 5. Property Restitution in Guatemala: A Transnational Dilemma Cecilia Bailliet Chapter 6. Giving and Taking Away: The Difference Between Theory and Practice Regarding Property in Rwanda Lisa Jones Chapter 7. The Housing and Property Directorate in Kosovo Alan Dodson and Veijo Heiskanan Chapter 8. Land Restitution in South Africa Monty J. Roodt Part III Unresolved Restitution Cases Chapter 9. Housing and Property Restitution: The Palestinian Refugee Case Terry Rempel Chapter 10. Housing and Property Restitution in Georgia Zurab Burduli and Anna Dolidze Chapter 11. Housing and Property Restitution in Turkey Jonathan Sugden Chapter 12. Enforcing the Right to Restitution: Legal Strategies for Indigenous Peoples and the Role of International law Bret Thiele Chapter 13. Property Right to Restitution for Internally Displaced Developments in the normative Framework Simon Bagshaw Part IV Conclusions Chapter 14. Identifying Best Practices to Guide Future Housing and Property Restitution Efforts Scott Leckie INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): CERD; ICESCR; CRC; ICCPR; |
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| 74. | Sen, Amartya : Development as freedom , 2001 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Development as freedom / Sen, Amartya, xvi, 366 p.. - Oxford : Oxford U. P., 2001. ISBN 0-19-289330-0 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. Introduction: Development as Freedom. 1. The Perspective of Freedom. 2. The Ends and the Means of Development. 3. Freedom and the Foundations of Justice. 4. Poverty as Capability Deprivation. 5. Markets, States, and Social Opportunity. 6 The Importance of Democracy. 7. Famines and Other Crises. 8 Women's Agency and Social Change. 9. Population, Food and Freedom. 10. Culture and Human Rights. 11. Social Choice and Individual Behaviour. 12. Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Africa / Bangladesh / Botswana / Brazil / Cambodia / Chile / China / Costa Rica / Cuba / Ethiopia / Europe / Ukraine / France / Germany / India / Indonesia / Ireland / japan / North Korea / South Korea / Latin America / Mauritius / Philippines / Pakistan / Russian Federation / Singapore / Somalia / SRi Lanka / SUdan / Taiwan / Tanzania / Thailand / United Kingdom / USA / Zimbabwe |
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| 75. | Örücü, Esin (ed.) : Judicial comparativism in human rights cases, 2003 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Judicial comparativism in human rights cases / Örücü, Esin (ed.) - (United Kingdom comparative law series [=UKNCCL] ; vol. 22), 269 p.. - London : British Institute of International & Comparative Law, 2003. ISBN 0-904281-18-3 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Human Rights and the Judicial Use of Comparative Law , by Christopher McCrudden. 2. Comparative law and the European convention on human rights in French human rights cases, by Luc Heuschling. 3. The impact of the European convention on human rights on German jurisprudence, by Norman Weiss. 4. United Kingdom judges and human rights cases, by Paul Kearns. 5. Comparative law, the European convention onhuman rights and the Scottish judges, by jim Murdoch. 6. The European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights : comparative approaches, by Steve Peers. 7. The Turkish experience with judicial comparativism in human rights cases, by Esin Örücü. 8. Rejected organs? The efficacy of legal transplantation and the ends of human rights in the Russian Federation, by Bill Bowring. 9. Comparative case law in human rights cases in the Commonwealth : the emerging common law of human rights, by Andrew Harding. 10. The great trek to humanr ights : the role of comparative law inthe development of human rights inpost-reform South Africa, by David L. Carey-Miller. 11. Whither comparativism in human rights cases?, by Esin Örücü. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Turkey / Malaysia / Russian Federation / United Kingdom / France LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Scotland NOTE (GENERAL): ECHR; |
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| 76. | Koskinen, Päivi : To own or to be owned, 2005 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of monograph series To own or to be owned : women and land rights in rural Tanzania / Koskinen, Päivi REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT: Human rights in development : yearbook 2002 : empowerment, participation, accountability and non-discrimination : operationalising a human rights-based approach to development / Scheinin, M.; Suksi, M. (eds.) - (Nordic human rights publications ; 8), p. 145-186. - Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff publ., 2005. - ISSN 0801-8049 ISBN 90-04-13875-7 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Tanzania NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; CEDAWM ICESCR; ICCPR; |
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| 77. | Barry, Marcia : Now another thing must happen, 2004 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial Now another thing must happen : Richtersveld and the dilemmas of land reform in post-apartheid South Africa / Barry, Marcia REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): South African journal on human rights : vol. 20; part 3., p. 355-382. - Kenwyn : Juta & Co., 2004. - ISSN 0258-7203 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: South Africa
URL http://www.law.wits.ac.za/sajhr/contents2004_3.htm (full text) |
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| 78. | Pankhurst, Donna (ed.) : Gendered peace, 2007 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Gendered peace : women's struggles for post-war justice and reconciliation / Pankhurst, Donna (ed.) - (UNRISD research on gender inequality in an unequal world ; 2), vi, 341 p.. - New York : Routledge, 2007. ISBN 978-0-415-95648-2 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Contents:. 1. Introduction, Donna Pankhurst. 2. Gendering International Justice, Martha Walsh. 3. Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and Gender Justice Alessandra, Dal Secco. 4. 'Your Justice is too Slow': Will the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Fail Rwanda’s Rape Victims? Binaifer Nowrojee. 5. Gender Injustice and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Rashida Manjoo. 6. The Politics of Gender and Reconstruction in Afghanistan: Old Dilemmas or New Challenges? Deniz Kandiyoti. 7. The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Accord and After , Meghna Guhathakurta. 8. Marrying Your Rapist, Jelke Boesten. 9. Joining Forces for Democratic Governance, Ilja A. Luciak. 10. Rada Drezgic Dubravka Žarkov, Gendered War, Gendered Peace, Tanja Djuric-Kuzmanovic. 11. Post-War Backlash Violence Against Women, Donna Pankhurst. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Afghanistan / Albania / Bangladesh / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Croatia / East Timor / El Salvador / Eritrea / Japan / Macedonia / Montenegro / Nicaragua / Rwanda / Serbia / Sierra Leone / Slovenia / Former Yugoslavia NOTE (GENERAL): Geneva conventions; Additional protocols to the Geneva conventions; Beijing platform for action; DEDAW; Declaration on the protection of women and children im emergency and armed conflict; ECHR; |
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| 79. | Coomans, Fons : Agrarian reform as a human rights issue in the activities of United Nations human rights bodies and specialised agencies, 2006 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial Agrarian reform as a human rights issue in the activities of United Nations human rights bodies and specialised agencies / Coomans, Fons REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): Netherlands quarterly of human rights (NQHR) : vol. 24; no. 1., p. 7-32. - Utrecht : SIM, 2006. - ISSN 0169-3441 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ICESCR-1-2; UDHR-17; AMR-21; ACHPR-14; CEDAW-14;
URL http://www.nqhr.net/pdf/?articleId=13817004e6ecde5c-3b12e85d041c5007 |
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| 80. | Naval, Claire (ed.) : Measuring human rights and democratic governance, 2008 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Measuring human rights and democratic governance : experiences and lessons from Metagora / Naval, Claire (ed.) ; Walter, Sylve ; de Miguel, Raul Suarez - (OECD journal on development ; vol. 9; no. 2), 373 p.. - Paris : OECD, 2008. ISBN 978-92-64-04943-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Chapter 1. On the Road to Montreux and Beyond. Chapter 2. Metagora: A Decentralised Laboratory. Chapter 3. Abuses and Ill-Treatment by Police Forces in Mexico City. Chapter 4. Indigenous Peoples' Rights in the Philippines. Chapter 5. Human Rights and Democracy Dimensions of Land Reform in South Africa. Chapter 6. Poverty, Governance, and Democratic Participation in Francophone Africa and the Andean Region. Chapter 7. The Right to Education in Palestine. Chapter 8. Massive Human Rights Violations in Sri Lanka. Chapter 9. Main Lessons and Products from Metagora. Chapter 10. Indicators for Monitoring Compliance with International Human Rights Instruments. Chapter 11. Candidate Indicators for Monitoring the Right to Education. Chapter 12. Measuring Economic and Social Rights to Hold Governments Accountable. Chapter 13. Capacity Development for Assessing Democratic Governance: A UNDP Global Programme. Conclusion Appendix 1. Methodological and Technical Outlines of Metagora Pilot Experiences Appendix 2. Questionnaire of the Worldwide Survey on Initiatives Appendix 3. Examples of Initiatives Documented in the Metagora Inventory Appendix 4. List of Illustrative Human Rights Indicators Developed by the OHCHR Appendix 5. Samples of Metadata Sheets on Identified Human Rights Indicators by the OHCRH Appendix 6. Independent Assessment Report on the Implementation of Results of Metagora INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): CAT; ICESCR; CERD; CEDAW; CRC; ICCPR;
URL http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?CID=oecd&LANG=EN&SF1=DI&ST1=5L4D2DT0HPQ4 |
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| 81. | Young, Katharine G. : Constituting economic and social rights, 2012 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Constituting economic and social rights / Young, Katharine G. - (Oxford constitutional theory), xix, 355 p.. - Oxford : Oxford U.P., 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-964193-2 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1: Introduction: The Path to Transformation Part I: Constituting Rights by Interpretation 2: Interpretative Standpoints 3: Interpreting the Minimum 4: Interpreting Limits Part II: Constituting Rights by Enforcement 5: A Typology of Judicial Review 6: The Catalytic Court 7: A Comparative Typology of Courts Part III: Constituting Rights by Contestation 8: Social Movements and Economic and Social Rights 9: The Governance Function of Economic and Social Rights 10: Conclusion: Economic and Social Rights as Human Rights and Constitutional Rights INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Africa / Australia / Canada / Colombia / France / germany / Ghana / hungary / India / Ireland / Namibia / New Zealand / united Kingdom / USA NOTE (GENERAL): ACHPR; AMR; CEDAW; ECHR; ESC; The worst forms of child labour (ILO convention no. 182); ICCPR; ICESCR; ICESCR-OP; UN charter; UDHR; Vienna convention on the law of treaties; |
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| 82. | Heymann, Jody (ed.) : Making equal rights real , 2012 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Making equal rights real : taking effective action to overcome global challenges / Heymann, Jody (ed.) ; Cassola, Adele, xxi, 397 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge U.P., 2012. ISBN 978-1-107-00-845-8 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Table of Contents:. PART I. Conventions and Constitutions:. 1. Forging effective international agreements: lessons from the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, by Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord. 2. Ensuring equal rights in constitutions: public participation in drafting economic, social and cultural rights, by Jill Cottrell. PART II. Laws and Policies:. 3. Putting economic rights into practice: strategies from labor and employment law, by Benjamin Sachs. 4. Promoting equity in economic rights: the case of gender and land rights, by Elisa Scalise and Renée Giovarelli. 5. Equalizing social and cultural rights: approaches to equity across ethnic and racial groups, by Grace-Edward Galabuzi. PART III. Budgets and Information:. 6. Public access to information: the keystone to claiming and defending rights, by Agnès Callamard. 7. Government budgets and rights implementation: experience from around the world, by Ann Blyberg. 8. Budgets, information and participation: civil society approaches to increasing rights accountability, by Roberto Bissio. PART IV. Case Studies of Successful Cross-Cutting Approaches:. 9. An integrated approach to advancing children's rights and participation in Jordan, by Samia Bishara-Rizeq, Sirsa A. Qursha and Laila S. Abdul Majeed. 10. Working within communities to increase gender equity in Zambia, by Robyn Wisken. 11. Realizing equal rights in practice for people with disabilities in Argentina and the United States, by Mary MacLennan. 12. Guaranteeing legal rights for sexual and gender minorities in Nepal, by Alexandra Lesnikowski. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Australia / Bangladesh / Brazil / Argentina / Cambodia / Canada / China / Colombia / Czech Republic / France / Guatemala / Japan / India / Jordan / Kenya / Kyrgyzstan / Lebanon / Liberia / Malawi / Mexico / mozamique / Nepal / Netherlands / Philippines / Romania / Rwanda / Serbia / South Africa / South Asia / Spain / Sri Lanka / Swaziland / Tanzania / Uganda / USA / Viet Nam / Yemen / Zambia NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; CRPD; CEDAW; CERD; CRC;
URL http://www.cambridge.org/fi/knowledge/isbn/item6633842/?site_locale=fi_FI |
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| 83. | Mészaros, George : Social movements, law and the politics of land reform, 2013 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Social movements, law and the politics of land reform : lessons from Brazil / Mészaros, George, xvi, 198 p.. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0-415-47771-0 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Contents:. Introduction:. Chapter 1:Shocking the System: Social Movement Pressure as the Catalyst of Political and Legal Change. Chapter 2: To Criminalise or not to Criminalise? Conflicting Legal Responses to Social Movement Pressure. Chapter 3: Why Law Fails: the Administration of Land Law in the Context of Power Relations. Chapter 4: The Limits of Progressive State Action. Chapter 5: Pushing and Redefining Legal Boundaries through Social Movement Pressure INDEX WORDS:
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| 84. | Langford, Malcolm (ed.) : Socio-economic rights in South Africa, 2014 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Socio-economic rights in South Africa : symbols or substance? / Langford, Malcolm (ed.) ; Cousins, Ben ; Dugard, Jackie ; Madlingozoi, Tshepo, xiv, 472 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge U. P., 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-02114-3 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Table of Contents:. 1. Introduction: civil society and rights, by Malcolm Langford. PART I. Context and Contestation:. 2. Constitutional jurisprudence: the first and second waves, by Stuart Wilson and Jackie Dugard. 3. Socio-economic rights beyond the public/private law divide, by Sandra Liebenberg. 4. Post-apartheid social movements and legal mobilisation, by Tshepo Madlingozi. 5. Political power: social pacting, human rights and the development agenda, by Adam Habib. PART II. Thematic Areas:. 6. Rural land tenure: the potential and limits of rights-based approaches, by Ben Cousins and Ruth Hall. 7. Housing rights litigation: Grootboom and beyond, by Malcolm Langford. 8. Health rights: politics, places and the need for 'sites for rights', by Peris Jones and Nyasha Chingore. 9. Social security rights: campaigns and courts, by Beth Goldblatt and Solange Rosa. 10. Urban basic services: rights, reality and resistance, by Jackie Dugard. 11. Realising environmental rights: civic action, leverage, and litigation, by Rachel Wynberg and David Fig. 12. Access to information and socio-economic rights: a theory of change in practice, by Kristina Bentley and Richard Calland. 13. Gender and socio-economic rights: the case of gender-based violence and health, by Liesl Gerntholtz and Jennifer MacLeod. 14. Migrants and mobilisation around socio-economic rights, by Tara Polzer Ngwato and Zaheera Jinnah. 15. Concluding perspectives Malcolm Langford, by Jackie Dugard, Tshepo Madlingozi and Ben Cousins. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ACHPR; CRC; ICCPR; ICESCR; UN charter |