Recent publications on international human rights
| Published date | 01 March 2019 |
| Date | 01 March 2019 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0924051918820989 |
| Subject Matter | Recent publications |
Recent publications
Recent publications on
international human rights
Citizenship and Constitutional Law / Jo Shaw (ed). Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018. ISBN:
9781783471065
The papers collected in this volume highlight the complex dynamic relationship between citizen-
ship – as membership status – and the constitutional law which provides the cornerstone of all
polities. It shows the many different ways in which we must use constitutional law in order fully to
understand how one becomes a citizen, and what the meaning of citizenship is. Edited by a leading
authority in the field, this volume contains the key works which cover national, transnational and
international aspects of the topic, and the book provides a particular focus on how constitutional
law constructs and upholds the range of citizenship rights.
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Corporate Accountability under Socio-Economic Rights / Jernej Letnar ˇ
Cerniˇc. Routledge, 2019.
ISBN: 9781138288782
In recent decades, co rporation s have increa singly acce pted that they h ave obligat ions to
respect the socio-economic rights of individuals whose rights to livelihoods, education, food,
health, housing and water are affected by the actions of corporations on a daily basis. Despite
this, it is often difficult for victims to bring corporations to court for violations of their socio-
economic rights. Domestic constitutional systems provide, at best, fragile and limited protec-
tions against adverse corporate activities, while international responses have been lacking in
creating obligations and accountability for corporations under socio-economic rights. The
urgency of bolstering corporate accountability for socio-economic rights is therefore
apparent.
In lightof this,this book asks whether corporations are requ ired to observe socio-economic
rights and if they are accountable for any violations. In doing so, it identifies and analyzes
the theoretical foundations and the existing scope of corporate accountability arising from
socio-economic rights at both national and international levels. Through careful analysis,
Jernej Letnar ˇ
Cerni ˇc exposes the stark need for greater clarity in the obligations and
accountability of corporations, advocating a normative framework for corporate account-
ability for socio-economic rights in national legal orders which builds on existing
mechanisms.
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European Convention on Human Rights and General International Law / Anne van Aaken and
Iulia Motoc (eds). Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN: 9780198830009
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
2019, Vol. 37(1) 101–106
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