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  • Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

    An Analysis of Attributes

    Edited by Ziba Vaghri, Jean Zermatten, Gerison Lansdown, Roberta Ruggiero ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book presents a discussion on human rights-based attributes for each article pertinent to the substantive rights of children, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It provides the reader with a unique and clear overview of the scope and core content of the articles, together with an analysis of the latest jurisprudence of the UN Committee ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Children's Rights

    Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Martin D. Ruck, Michele Peterson-Badali, Michael Freeman ...
    While the notion of young people as individuals worthy or capable of having rights is of relatively recent origin, over the past several decades there has been a substantial increase in both social and political commitment to children’s rights as well as a tendency to grant young people some of the rights that were typically accorded only to adults. In addition, there has been a noticeable shift ... Read more

    $261.99 CAD

  • Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour Migration

    Protecting the Child-Parent Relationship

    by Rasika Jayasuriya ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Asylum, Migration and Refugee Law
    This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law.The work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights ... Read more

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  • Women's Human Rights

    CEDAW in International, Regional and National Law

    Edited by Anne Hellum, Henriette Sinding Aasen ...
    Series Book 3 - Studies on Human Rights Conventions
    As an instrument which addresses the circumstances which affect women's lives and enjoyment of rights in a diverse world, the CEDAW is slowly but surely making its mark on the development of international and national law. Using national case studies from South Asia, Southern Africa, Australia, Canada and Northern Europe, Women's Human Rights examines the potential and actual added value of the ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Human Right to a Healthy Environment

    Edited by John H. Knox, Ramin Pejan ...
    The absence of a globally recognized right to a healthy environment has not prevented the development of human rights norms relating to the environment. Indeed, one of the most noteworthy aspects of human rights law over the last twenty years is that UN treaty bodies, regional tribunals, special rapporteurs, and other human rights mechanisms have applied human rights law to environmental issues ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • AIDS Sexuality and Gender in Africa

    Collective Strategies and Struggles in Tanzania and Zambia

    Edited by Carolyn Baylies, Janet Bujra ...
    Series series Social Aspects of AIDS
    While there is a growing list of publications devoted to the AIDS epidemic, Africa, with two-thirds of the world's cases, still receives scant attention. This book may change the way we think about AIDS and how it is being addressed in Africa and the rest of the world. The book draws on first-hand research and in-depth investigations carried out by a team of researchers from Britain, Zambia and ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Equality

    The New Legal Framework

    by Sir Bob Hepple ...
    The Equality Act 2010 is a major landmark in the long struggle for equal rights. This book tells the story of how and why it came to be enacted, what it means, what changes it can bring about in British society, and - no less important - what the Act will not do.The Act is the outcome of over 13 years of research, public debate and campaigning, starting with the publication of Equality: A New ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Violence against Women

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Jacqui True ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs to Know
    Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national policy debates and news: from the US reauthorization of the Violence against Women Act and a United Nations declaration to end sexual violence in war, to coverage of gang rapes in India, cyberstalking and "revenge porn", honor killings, female genital ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Managing the Margins

    Gender, Citizenship, and the International Regulation of Precarious Employment

    by Leah F. Vosko ...
    This book explores the precarious margins of contemporary labour markets. Over the last few decades, there has been much discussion of a shift from full-time permanent jobs to higher levels of part-time and temporary employment and self-employment. Despite such attention, regulatory approaches have not adapted accordingly. Instead, in the absence of genuine alternatives, old regulatory models are ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

  • The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

    A Commentary

    Edited by Jessie Hohmann, Marc Weller ...
    Series series Oxford Commentaries on International Law
    The rights of indigenous peoples under international law have seen significant change in recent years, as various international bodies have attempted to address the question of how best to protect and enforce their rights. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is the strongest statement thus far by the international community on this issue. The Declaration was adopted ... Read more

    $246.99 CAD

  • The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

    The Law, Process and Practice

    by Marco Odello, Francesco Seatzu ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    The book concerns the study and analysis of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from an international legal perspective, taking into consideration the adoption of the 2008 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).The volume provides a detailed account of the structure and functioning of the Committee on Economic, Social ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

    Law and Legitimacy

    Edited by Helen Keller, Geir Ulfstein ...
    Series Book 1 - Studies on Human Rights Conventions
    The effective implementation of human rights treaty obligations in national law is subject to increasing attention. The main responsibility for the international monitoring of national implementation at the global level is entrusted to the UN human rights treaty bodies. These bodies are established by the respective human rights conventions and are composed of independent experts. This book ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD