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The EIUC studies aim to publish the best scholarly work on Human Rights and Democratisation resulting from that process of academic cooperation in the Venice Centre and its member universities. The series is not limited to lawyers' discourse alone. It encompasses the scientific disciplinary and interdisciplinary dialogue on Human Rights and Democratisation as practised in research and teaching in the Centre's activities.

  • General Editors: Horst Fischer, Ruhr Universitaet, Germany, Fabrizio Marrella, Cà Foscari University of Venice, Italy, Florence Benoit-Rohmer, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, Michael O'Flaherty, University of Nottingham

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4 results in European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation

Russia and the European Court of Human Rights
  • The Strasbourg Effect
  • Edited by Lauri Mälksoo, Wolfgang Benedek
  • Published online:
    04 November 2017
    Print publication:
    16 November 2017
  • Why has there been a human rights backlash in Russia despite the country having been part of the European human rights protection system since the late 1990s? To what extent does Russia implement judgments of the Strasbourg Court, and to what extent does it resist the implementation? This fascinating study investigates Russia's turbulent relationship with the European Court of Human Rights and examines whether the Strasbourg court has indeed had the effect of increasing the protection of human rights in Russia. Researchers and scholars of law and political science with a particular interest in human rights and Russia will benefit from this in-depth exploration of the background of this subject.

The Local Relevance of Human Rights
  • Edited by Koen De Feyter, Stephan Parmentier, Christiane Timmerman, George Ulrich
  • Published online:
    07 October 2011
    Print publication:
    08 September 2011
  • Do human rights offer real protection when disadvantaged groups invoke them at the local level in an attempt to improve their living conditions? If so, how can we make sure that the experiences of those invoking human rights at the local level have an impact on the further development of human rights (at national and other levels) so that the local relevance of human rights increases? Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948, numerous international documents have reaffirmed human rights as global norms. This book examines what factors determine whether appeals to human rights that emanate from the local level are successful, and whether the UDHR adequately responds to threats as currently defined by relevant groups or whether a revision of some of the ideas included in the UDHR is needed in order to increase its contemporary relevance.

United Nations Reform and the New Collective Security
  • Edited by Peter G. Danchin, Horst Fischer
  • Published online:
    05 May 2010
    Print publication:
    28 January 2010
  • In 2004, the Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change emphasised the linkages between economic development, security and human rights, and the imperative in the twenty-first century of collective action and cooperation between States. In a world deeply divided by differences of power, wealth, culture and ideology, central questions today in international law and organisation are whether reaffirmation of the concept of collective security and a workable consensus on the means of its realisation are possible. In addressing these questions, this book considers the three key documents in the recent UN reform process: the High-Level Panel report, the Secretary-General's In Larger Freedom report and the 2005 World Summit Outcome document. The chapters examine the responsibilities, commitments, strategies and institutions necessary for collective security to function both in practice and as a normative ideal in international law and relations between state and non-state actors alike.

Economic Globalisation and Human Rights
  • EIUC Studies on Human Rights and Democratization
  • Edited by Wolfgang Benedek, Koen De Feyter, Fabrizio Marrella
  • Published online:
    09 July 2009
    Print publication:
    19 April 2007
  • Economic globalisation is one of the guiding paradigms of the twenty-first century. The challenge it implies for human rights is fundamental, and key questions have up to now received no satisfying answers. How can human rights protect human dignity when economic globalisation has an adverse impact on local living conditions? How should human rights evolve in response to a global economy in which non-statal actors are decisive forces? Economic Globalisation and Human Rights was originally published in 2007, and sets out to assess these and other questions to ensure that, as economic globalisation intensifies, human rights take up the central and crucial position that they deserve. Using a multidisciplinary methodology, leading scholars reflect on issues such as the need for global ethics, the localisation of human rights, the role of human rights in WTO law, and efforts to make international economic organisations more accountable and multinational corporations more socially responsible.