Recent publications in international human rights law
| Published date | 01 March 2020 |
| Date | 01 March 2020 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0924051920901373 |
| Subject Matter | Recent publications |
Recent publications
Recent publications in
international human
rights law
Aleinikoff TA and Zamore L, The arc of protection: Reforming the international refugee regime
(Stanford University Press 2019)
A unique and comprehensive overview on the numerous international rules governing migration,
this text brings together and analyses the disparate norms and treaties within international and
European law. It is a critical study of the role of international law in regulating the movement of
persons, offering an ideal introduction to the field.
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Casla K, Politics of international human rights law promotion in western Europe: Order versus
justice (Routledge studies in human rights, Routledge 2020)
This book offers a critical reinterpretation of Western European States’ programmatic support for
International Human Rights Law (‘IHRL’) since the 1970s. It examines the systemic or structural
constraints inherent to the international legal system and argues that order trumps justice in
Western Europe’s promotion of international human rights norms. The book shows that IHRL
evolved as a result of a tension between two forces: a European understanding of international
society, based on order, the centrality of the State and a minimalist conception of human rights; and
a civil society and UN-promoted, mostly Western, particularly European but broader conception of
human rights, based on justice. As such, human rights norms emerge and develop when (some)
States’ idea of order meets with advocates’ idea of justice. We are living a historical juncture of
shifting tectonic plates with rising nationalism in the Global North, ever growing power in the
Global South and a declining presence of Europe in global affairs. The conditions under which
IHRL emerged have fundamentally changed and unpacking the factors beneath the international
recognition of human rights has never been more pressing. This book will be of key interest to
scholars, students and practitioners in human rights law, public international law, international
relations, critical legal theory and in European politics.
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Chetail V, International migration law (Oxford University Press 2019)
A unique and comprehensive overview on the numerous international rules governing migration,
this text brings together and analyses the disparate norms and treaties within international and
European law. It is a critical study of the role of international law in regulating the movement of
persons, offering an ideal introduction to the field.
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Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
2020, Vol. 38(1) 75–79
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