Access to Justice as a Human Right (Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law (Paperback Oxford)) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0199233098 ISBN 13 : 9780199233090

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Synopsis

In international law, as in any other legal system, respect and protection of human rights can be guaranteed only by the availability of effective judicial remedies. When a right is violated or damage is caused, access to justice is of fundamental importance for the injured individual and it is an essential component of the rule of law. Yet, access to justice as a human right remains problematic in international law. First, because individual access to international justice remains exceptional and based on specific treaty arrangements, rather than on general principles of international law; second, because even when such right is guaranteed as a matter of treaty obligation, other norms or doctrines of international law may effectively impede its exercise, as in the case of sovereign immunity or non reviewability of UN Security Council measures directly affecting individuals. Further, even access to domestic legal remedies is suffering because of the constraints put by security threats, such as terrorism, on the full protection of freedom and human rights. This collection of essays offers seven distinct perspectives on the present status of access to justice: its development in customary international law, the stress put on it in times of emergency, its problematic exercise in the case of violations of the law of war, its application to torture victims, its development in the case law of the UN Human Rights Committee and of the European Court of Human Rights, its application to the emerging field of environmental justice, and finally access to justice as part of fundamental rights in European law.

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À propos de l'auteur

Francesco Francioni is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the European University Institute, Florence

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199233098
• ISBN 13: 9780199233090
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Francioni Francesco
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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