Contents
1. The United Nations and human rights
2. Economic social and cultural rights an examination of state obligations?
3. Extraterritoriality universal human rights without universal obligations?
4. Non-state actors and international human rights law
5. NGOs and human rights channels of power
6. Human rights in economic globalisation
7. Human rights and development
8. Gender and international human rights law the intersectionality agenda
9. Refugees and displaced persons the refugee definition and humanitarian protection
10. International criminal law
11. The four pillars of transitional justice a gender rights analysis
12. The International Court of Justice and human rights
13. The Council of Europe and the protection of human rights a system in need of reform
14. The Inter-American human rights system selected examples of its supervisory work
15. African human rights law in theory and practice
16. The political economy and culture of human rights in East Asia
17. Islam and realization of human rights in the Muslim world
18. Religion belief and international human rights in the twenty-first century
19. DRIP feed the slow reconstruction of self-determination for Indigenous peoples
20. Counter-terrorism and human rights
21. Human rights education a slogan in search of a definition

This innovative and timely Handbook brings together the work of 25 leading human rights scholars from all over the world to consider a broad range of human rights topics. The book discusses a wide range of contemporary themes, for example jurisdictional issues, such as human rights in the private sphere and extra-territorial obligations. It also deals with global and regional human rights systems, intersections with other areas of international law and practice, such as international criminal law and globalisation, and specific human rights topics including terrorism and indigenous peoples. Providing an excellent grounding for scholars seeking to understand the major topics within the discipline, this topical book is accessible to the novice human rights scholar, yet of great interest to the most seasoned human rights researcher. It will strongly appeal to law academics as well as students and practitioners of human rights.