Recent publications on international human rights law
| Date | 01 March 2021 |
| Published date | 01 March 2021 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0924051921993090 |
| Subject Matter | Recent publications |
Recent publications
Recent publications on
international human
rights law
De Lauri A, Humanitarianism: Keywords (Brill 2020)
Humanitarianism: Keywords is a comprehensive dictionary designed as a compass for navigating
the conceptual universe of humanitarianism. It is an intuitive toolkit to map contemporary huma-
nitarianism and to explore its current and future articulations. The dictionary serves a broad
readership of practitioners, students, and researchers by providing informed access to the extensive
humanitarian vocabulary.
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El-Khoury N, Irrational Human Rights?: Reflections on the Effectiveness of International Law
(Koninklijke Brill NV 2021)
In Irrational Human Rights? An Examination of International Human Rights Treaties Naiade el-
Khoury pursues the question how effective international human rights treaties really are and offers
a discussion on the effects of treaty mechanisms. Such an examination as to the effects of inter-
national human rights treaties, or rather their limits, puts prevalent views of international law to the
test. In doing so, this book convincingly argues that rational theories are inadequate to grasp the
full effect of international human rights treaties.
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Grimonprez K, The European Union and Education for Democratic Citizenship Legal Founda-
tions for EU Learning at School (Nomos 2020)
The study makes an analysis of the legal framework which Member States must take into account
when designing their policies on citizenship education. The Charter on Education for Democratic
Citizenship and Human Rights Education of the Council of Europe and the international right to
education are read in conjunction with EU law. Suitable content for the EU dimension in main-
stream education is explored. A method for objective, critical and pluralistic EU learning is
proposed, based on the Treaties and on case teaching (stories for critical thinking). Member States
are invited to take more action to ensure quality education. The EU has the legal competence to
support the EU dimension in education. In the present state of EU law, quality education is no
longer conceivable without an EU dimension incorporated in various key competences.
At present the author works at the implement ation of the ideas developed in the book as an
Affiliated Senior Researcher at Leuven University (Case4EU-project in Belgium and other EU
Member States).
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Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
2021, Vol. 39(1) 73–76
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