Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Seventy

A Review of Successes and Challenges

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av Noelle Higgins, Amina Adanan, David M Doyle, Michael Doherty

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Seventy: A Review of Successes andChallenges celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Declaration and provides ananalysis of how it has contributed to the protection of human rights globally. It also identifiesand discusses a number of the challenges to the realisation of rights set out in theinstrument. The chapters, authored by academics and practitioners in the field of humanrights, provide insights into the drafting of the UDHR, human rights activism, the rightsprotected by the instrument, as well as the relationship between the Declaration and otherhuman rights protective mechanisms.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-12-16
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagClarus Press Ltd
ISBN9781911611301

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Dr Noelle Higgins is an Associate Professor in Law at Maynooth University; she researchesin the field of international justice.Dr Amina Adanan is Lecturer in Law in Maynooth University Law Department; she researchesin the areas of international law and international criminal law.Dr David M Doyle is a Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University; he researches in the areas oflegal history, criminal law, education law and intellectual property law.Michael Doherty is Professor of Law, and Head of the Law Department at MaynoothUniversity; he researches in the area of employment law and policy.

IntroductionChapter 1: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as Customary InternationalLaw, Amina AdananChapter 2: Implementing Universal Declaration of Human Rights Standards throughthe Universal Periodic Review Mechanism, Noelle HigginsChapter 3: Minority Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, JeanMolloyChapter 4: How Universal is the Universal Declaration? Indigenous Peoples as aChallenge to the UDHR, Ger MaguireChapter 5: The Rights of Workers, Keith D EwingChapter 6: Labour Trafficking and the Challenges of Victim Identification in Ireland:Exploring the Legacy of Article 4 UDHR, Muiread Murphy, David Doyle and ClíodhnaMurphyChapter 7: Fundamental Rights and Evolving Technologies: Considering theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights at 70, Maria Helen MurphyChapter 8: Policy Developments in Ireland: Implementing the UN Convention on theRights of Persons with Disabilities, Siobhan BarronChapter 9: United Nations Targeted Sanctions and Human Rights: Challenging theNarrative, Deirdre ClancyChapter 10: The Contemporary Threat to Civil Liberties and Human RightsActivism, Liam HerrickChapter 11: The ‘Curious Grapevine’: 70 Years of Non-governmental Organisationsin the United Nations Human Rights System, Fiona McGaughey