Articles and extraits from books are available in a compilation of texts (kompendium) which can be purchased from Gnist Akademika bookstore at the Law faculty (Domus Nova building).
Required reading
Textbook:
- Javaid Rehman, International Human Rights Law (Pearson, 2nd ed., 2010), pp. 808-853, 472-509 and 855-878 (105 pages) plus chapters 15, 16 or 17 (42 pages)
Articles:
- Beth Simmons, Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics (2008), pp. 1-22. (22 pages)
- George Christie, Philosopher Kings? The Adjudication of Conflicting Human Rights and Social Values (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 3-11 (8 pages).
- Malcolm Langford and Anna Russell, ‘The Right to Water in Context’ in Malcolm Langford and Anna Russell (eds.), The Right to Water: Theory, Practice and Prospects (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), Chapter 2 (30 pages).
- Don Fleming, Legal aid and human rights, Paper presented to the International Legal Aid Group Conference, Antwerp, 6-8 June 2007, pp. 1-35 (35 pages) http://www.ilagnet.org/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files/Antwerpen_2007/Conference_Papers/Legal_Aid_and_Human_Rights.pdf
- Eric Barendt, Freedom of Speech (Oxford: Oxford Unviersity Press, 2005), pp. 1-73 (73 pages)
- Richard W. Krouse , ‘Polyarchy & Participation: The Changing Democratic Theory of Robert Dahl’, Polity, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1982), pp. 441-463 (22 pages).
- Henry Steiner, Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman, International Human Rights in Context (OUP, 2007), pp. 280-301) (21 pages)
- Malcolm Langford (ed.), ‘Justiciability of Social Rights: From Practice to Theory, Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 3-45 (42 pages)
- Ronald Craig, ‘Systemic Workplace Discrimination: Enforcing Employer-Driven Self-Regulation in M. Langford, Equality and Social Rights: International Law in Context (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press*, 2011), Chapter 14. (18 pages)
- Asbj?rn Eide: The Framework Convention in Historical and Global Perspective, in Mark Weller (ed.): The Rights of Minorities. A commentary on the Europe,an Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Oxford University Press, 2005 (22 pages).
- ‘The right of “peoples” and “indigenous peoples”’, in Javaid Rehman, International Human Rights Law (Pearson, 2nd ed., 2010),
- Ekern, Stener, "The Production of Autonomy: Leadership and Community in Mayan Guatemala", Journal of Latin American Studies 43 (Issue 1, February, 2011), pp 93-119. (26 pages).
- Naomi Roht-Arriaza, The Pinochet Effect: Transitional Justice in the Age of Human Rights (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), pp. 1-31 and 97-117 (25 pages – thin book)
- Brian Barry: Liberal States and Illiberal Religions” in Culture and Equality, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2001: 155-193 (38 pages).
- Martha C. Nussbaum: “The Role of Religion” in Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000: 206-240 (34 pages).
- Jeremy Waldron, 'Socio-Economic Rights and Theories of Justice', in Thomas Pogge (ed.), Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right (Paris: UNESCO), pp. 21-49 (26 pages)
- Theo Van Banning, The Human Right to Property (Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2002), pp. 33-79 (46 pages).
- Nora Sveaass, ‘Destroying minds: Psychological Pain and the Crime of Torture, New York City Law Review, Vol. 11 No. 2 (2008), pp. 303-324 (17 pages)
Recommended reading
- Beth Simmons, Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics (2008), pp. 159-198.
- Malcolm Langford, 'Social Security and Children: Testing the Boundaries of Human Rights and Economics', in Stephen Marks, B?rd Anders Andrassen and Arjun Sengupta, Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Economic Perspectives (Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2009), pp. 193-217, http://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/people/aca/malcolml/Human%20rights%20and%20economics.pdf
- Asbj?rn Eide ‘Prevention of Discrimination, Protection of Minorities, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Challenges and Choices in Eide, M?ller and Ziemele (eds.), Making peoples heard (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011)
- J. Cernic, ‘Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights: A Critical Analysis of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises’, Hanse Law Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 71-100.
- Theo Van Banning, The Human Right to Property (Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2002), pp. 79-125.
Current Primary Materials (Online)
Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Cantoral Huamani and Garcia Santa Cruz v. Peru (2007) Inter American Court of Human Rights.
Durand and Ugarte v. Peru Inter American Court of Human Rights Series C
Human Rights Commmittee, General Comment No. 32
Airey v Ireland 32 Eur Ct HR Ser A (1979) (26 pages) TV Vest AS & Rogaland Pensjonisparti v Norway [2008] ECHR 21132/05 (11 December 2008)
TV Vest AS & Rogaland Pensjonisparti v Norway [2008] ECHR 21132/05 (11 December 2008)
Government of the Republic of South Africa. & Ors v Grootboom & Ors 2000 (11) BCLR 1169. (CC)
Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community v. Nicaragua, 31 August 2001, Inter-American Court of Human Right,
D. H. v. Czech Republic, European Court of Human Rights 47 ILM 38 (2008).
James v United Kingdom (1986) 8 EHRR 123, European Court of Human Rights
SERAC & CESR v Nigeria, Communication No. 155/96, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, 27 May 2002.