Remedies in international human rights law
By: Dinah Shelton.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 502
Subjects: Human rights; Remedies (Law)
Description: "This fully revised and updated second edition of Remedies in International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive treatment of remedies for human rights violations and reviews the jurisprudence of international tribunals on these violations. It provides a theoretical framework and a practical guide for lawyers, judges, and academics interested in human rights law. This edition also incorporates a new chapter on historical injustices." "All the cases of the Inter-American and European Courts of Human Rights are included, as well as decisions of the African and Inter-American Commissions on Human Rights, UN bodies, the European Court of Justice, international administrative tribunals, and national courts applying human rights law."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [478]-495) and index.
Table of contents: title: Concepts and theories of remedies; title: Remedies in national law; title: Reparations in the law of state responsibility; title: The development of international human rights law; title: The jurisdiction of international institutions and tribunals; title: Procedural issues; title: Declaratory judgments; title: Non-monetary remedies; title: Compensation; title: Punitive or exemplary damages; title: Costs and fees; title: Enforcement of judgments; title: Gross and Systematic Violations; title: Reparations for historical injustices.