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Human Rights in Emergencies

Evan J Criddle editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th May '17

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This book examines current debates about how international human rights law regulates national authorities and international institutions during emergencies.

Human Rights in Emergencies offers cutting-edge perspectives on the application of international human rights law during national emergencies. Leading scholars from law, philosophy and political science grapple with challenging questions concerning the character, scope, and salience of international human rights norms, and they explain how the law seeks to protect human rights during emergencies.Public emergencies such as civil wars, natural disasters, and economic crises test the theoretical and practical commitments of international human rights law. During national crises, international law permits states to suspend many human rights protections in order to safeguard national security. States frequently overstep the limits of this authority, violating even peremptory human rights such as the prohibitions against torture and prolonged arbitrary detention. In this volume, leading scholars from law, philosophy and political science grapple with challenging questions concerning the character, scope, and salience of international human rights, and they explain how the law seeks to protect human rights during emergencies. The contributors also evaluate the law's successes and failures, and offer new proposals for strengthening respect for human rights.

ISBN: 9781107535961

Dimensions: 230mm x 150mm x 17mm

Weight: 450g

301 pages