The Construction of the Customary Law of Peace

The Construction of the Customary Law of Peace

Author: Cecilia M. Bailliet

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-06-25

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 180037187X

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This thought-provoking book explores the emerging construction of a customary law of peace in Latin America and the developing jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It traces the evolution of peace as both an end and a means: from a negative form, i.e. the absence of violence, to a positive form that encompasses equality, non-discrimination and social justice, including gendered perspectives on peace.


Sexual Violence during War and Peace

Sexual Violence during War and Peace

Author: J. Boesten

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-04-16

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1137383453

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Using the Peruvian internal armed conflict as a case study, this book examines wartime rape and how it reproduces and reinforces existing hierarchies. Jelke Boesten argues that effective responses to sexual violence in wartime are conditional upon profound changes in legal frameworks and practices, institutions, and society at large.


Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance

Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance

Author: Malcolm Langford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 1108211224

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The past few decades have witnessed an explosion of judgments on social rights around the world. However, we know little about whether these rulings have been implemented. Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance is the first book to engage in a comparative study of compliance of social rights judgments as well as their broader effects. Covering fourteen different domestic and international jurisdictions, and drawing on multiple disciplines, it finds significant variance in outcomes and reveals both spectacular successes and failures in making social rights a reality on the ground. This variance is strikingly similar to that found in previous studies on civil rights, and the key explanatory factors lie in the political calculus of defendants and the remedial framework. The book also discusses which strategies have enhanced implementation, and focuses on judicial reflexivity, alliance building and social mobilisation.


Handbook on Gender and Health

Handbook on Gender and Health

Author: Jasmine Gideon

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-05-27

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 1784710865

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This Handbook brings together a groundbreaking collection of chapters that uses a gender lens to explore health, health care and health policy in both the Global South and North. Empirical evidence is drawn from a variety of different settings and points to the many ways in which the gendered dimensions of health have become reworked across the globe. This collection includes insightful contributions from 56 leading authorities from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, offering a wealth of knowledge, theoretical reflection, and empirical detail on the essential elements surrounding gender and health. Topics covered include theoretical approaches to understanding gender and health, migration, sexuality, ageing, masculinities, climate change and sexual and reproductive rights. Split into four thematic sections, this book strives to develop a clear road map towards achieving gender justice in health. The Handbook on Gender and Healthwill be an important resource for researchers, students, and instructors of health policy and family and gender studies. Contributors include:G. Alvarez Minte, E. Ansoleaga Moreno, L. Artazcoz, A.-E. Birn, R.A. Burgess, A. Coates, I. Cortès-Franch, S. Del Pino, K. Devries, X. Díaz Berr, L. Doyal, K. Elzein, V. Escribà-Agüir, B. Eveslage, C. Ewig, J. Gideon, J. Gonçalves Martín, B. Gough, H. Grundlingh, M. Gutmann, R.R. Habib, M.C. Inhorn, D. Johnston, D.M. Kamuya, L. Knight, M. Koivusalo, R. Kumar, M. Leite, J. Lyra, E. MacPherson, A.M. Cardarelli, P. McDonough, B. Medrado, L.M. Morgan, S.F. Murray, J. Namakula, L. Núñez Carrasco, S. Payne, E. Richards, N. Richardson, M. Richter, S. Robertson, M. Robinson, J. Samuel, S. Sexton, J.A. Smith, S. Smith, D.L. Spitzer, S.N. Ssali, S. Theobald, R. Tolhurst, J. Vearey, P. Vero-Sanso, S. Witter, N. Younes, F. Zalwango


Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2023 (ICOMTA 2023)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2023 (ICOMTA 2023)

Author: Paulo Carlos López-López

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-11-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9464632542

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This is an open access book.ICOMTA’23 – The 2023 International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies has as organizing entities the Universidad del Rosario (Bogota, Colombia) and the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (Mexico); and as collaborators at the Universidade de Vigo (Galicia, Spain), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Equipo de Investigaciones Políticas (Galicia, España), International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA) and International Research Network of Communication Management (XESCOM).The conference, which will take place at the Angelopolis Campus of the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla between September 6, 7 and 8, 2023, will take place in a mixed mode (face-to-face and virtual).


The Local Relevance of Human Rights

The Local Relevance of Human Rights

Author: Koen De Feyter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-09-08

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1139501550

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Do human rights offer real protection when disadvantaged groups invoke them at the local level in an attempt to improve their living conditions? If so, how can we make sure that the experiences of those invoking human rights at the local level have an impact on the further development of human rights (at national and other levels) so that the local relevance of human rights increases? Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948, numerous international documents have reaffirmed human rights as global norms. This book examines what factors determine whether appeals to human rights that emanate from the local level are successful, and whether the UDHR adequately responds to threats as currently defined by relevant groups or whether a revision of some of the ideas included in the UDHR is needed in order to increase its contemporary relevance.


A Pivotal Moment

A Pivotal Moment

Author: Laurie Ann Mazur

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2012-09-26

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1610911415

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With contributions by leading demographers, environmentalists, and reproductive health advocates, A Pivotal Moment offers a new perspective on the complex connection between population dynamics and environmental quality. It presents the latest research on the relationship between population growth and climate change, ecosystem health, and other environmental issues. It surveys the new demographic landscape—in which population growth rates have fallen, but human numbers continue to increase. It looks back at the lessons of the last half century while looking forward to population policies that are sustainable and just. A Pivotal Moment embraces the concept of “population justice,” which holds that inequality is a root cause of both rapid population growth and environmental degradation. By addressing inequality—both gender and economic—we can reduce growth rates and build a sustainable future.


The Limits of Judicialization

The Limits of Judicialization

Author: Sandra Botero

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-08-25

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1009103415

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Latin America was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of what has come to be known as the judicialization of politics - the use of law and legal institutions as tools of social contestation to curb the abuse of power in government, resolve policy disputes, and enforce and expand civil, political, and socio-economic rights. Almost forty years into this experiment, The Limits of Judicialization brings together a cross-disciplinary group of scholars to assess the role that law and courts play in Latin American politics. Featuring studies of hot-button topics including abortion, state violence, judicial corruption, and corruption prosecutions, this volume argues that the institutional and cultural changes that empowered courts, what the editors call the 'judicialization superstructure,' often fall short of the promise of greater accountability and rights protection. Illustrative and expansive, this volume offers a truly interdisciplinary analysis of the limits of judicialized politics.