Research Catalog

Title

Human rights obligations of non-state actors / Andrew Clapham.

Author

Clapham, Andrew.

Publication

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

Academy of European Law (Florence, Italy)

Description

xxxiii, 613 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This work presents an approach to human rights which goes beyond the traditional focus on states and outlines the human rights obligations of non-state actors. It finishes with examples of how they can be held legally accountable for their actions in various jurisdictions.

Series Statement

The collected courses of the Academy of European Law ; v. XV/1

Uniform Title

• University press scholarship online.
• Collected courses of the Academy of European Law v. 15/1.

Subject

• Human rights
• Social responsibility of business
• Non-governmental organizations

Note

• "Academy of European Law, European University Institute"

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-600) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Old objections and new approaches -- Thinking responsibly about the subject of subjects -- Characteristics of international human rights law -- The United Nations -- The World Trade Organization and the European Union -- Corporations and human rights -- Non-state actors in times of armed conflict -- Selected UN human rights treaties -- Regional human rights bodies -- National legal orders -- Dignity and democracy -- Complexity; complicity, and complementarity.

ISBN

• 9780198298151 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0198298153 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9780199288465 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0199288461 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005031871

OCLC

• 62307281
• SCSB-9891989

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library