Recent publications in international human rights law
| DOI | 10.1177/09240519211035275 |
| Date | 01 September 2021 |
| Published date | 01 September 2021 |
| Subject Matter | Recent publications |
Recent publications in
international human rights law
Cali B, Bianku L and Motoc I, Migration and the European Convention on Human Rights (Oxford
University Press 2021)
This edited collection investigates where the European Convention on Human Rights as a living
instrument stands on migration and the rights of migrants. This book offers a comprehensive ana-
lysis of cases brought by migrants in different stages of migration, covering the right to flee, who is
entitled to enter and remain in Europe, and what treatment is owed to them when they come within
the jurisdiction of a Council of Europe member state. As such, the book evaluates the case law of
the European Convention on Human Rights concerning different categories of migrants including
asylum seekers, irregular migrants, those who have migrated through domestic lawful routes, and
those who are currently second or third generation migrants in Europe. The broad perspective
adopted by the book allows for a systematic analysis of how and to what extent the Convention
protects non-refoulement, migrant children, family rights of migrants, status rights of migrants, eco-
nomic and social rights of migrants, as well as cultural and religious rights of migrants.
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Capdepón U and Layús RF, The Impact of Human Rights Prosecutions: Insights from European,
Latin American, and African Post-Conflict Societies (Leuven University Press 2020)
Human rights prosecutions are the most prominent mechanisms that victims demand to obtain
accountability. Dealing with a legacy of gross human rights violations presents opportunities to
enhance the right to justice and promote a more equal application of criminal law, a fundamental
condition for a more substantive democracy in societies. This book seeks to analyse the impact,
advances, and difficulties of prosecuting perpetrators of mass atrocities at national and international
levels. What role does criminal justice play in redressing victims’wrongs, guaranteeing the non-
repetition of mass atrocities, and attempting to overcome the damage caused by systematic
human rights violations? This volume addresses critical issues in the field of human rights prosecu-
tion by drawing on the experiences of a variety of post-conflict and authoritarian countries covering
three world regions. Contributing authors cover prosecutions in post-Nazi Germany,
post-Communist Romania, and transnational legal complaints by victims of the Franco dictatorship,
as well as domestic and third-country prosecutions for human rights violations in the pioneering
South American countries of Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay, prosecutions in Darfur and
Kenya, and the work of the International Criminal Court. The Impact of Human Rights
Prosecutions offers insights into the difficulties human rights trials face in different contexts and
regions, and also illustrates the development of these legal procedures over time.
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Recent publications
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
2021, Vol. 39(3) 258–261
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