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Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Armed Conflict
Gilles Giacca
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Description for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Armed Conflict
Hardcover. In times of armed conflict the protection of human rights often slips down the list of a state's priorities. This is particularly the case for those rights concerned with people's economic, social, and cultural needs. This book studies how those rights are impacted by armed conflict, which derogations apply, and how they can be better protected. Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: LBBR; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
This book addresses the international legal obligation to protect economic, social, and cultural human rights in times of armed conflict and other situations of armed violence. These rights provide guarantees to individuals of their fundamental rights to work, to an adequate standard of living (food, water, housing), to education, and to health. Armed violence can take many forms, from civil unrest or protest and other forms of internal disturbances and tensions to higher levels of violence that may amount to armed conflict, whether of an international or of a non-international character. However, in all such cases the protection of ESC ... Read more
This book addresses the international legal obligation to protect economic, social, and cultural human rights in times of armed conflict and other situations of armed violence. These rights provide guarantees to individuals of their fundamental rights to work, to an adequate standard of living (food, water, housing), to education, and to health. Armed violence can take many forms, from civil unrest or protest and other forms of internal disturbances and tensions to higher levels of violence that may amount to armed conflict, whether of an international or of a non-international character. However, in all such cases the protection of ESC ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oxford Monographs in International Law
Condition
New
Weight
642g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198717447
SKU
V9780198717447
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About Gilles Giacca
Dr Gilles Giacca is a Research Fellow at the Law Faculty and Co-ordinator of the Oxford Martin School Human Rights for Future Generations programme. He holds a MA from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva and a LLM from the University of Essex and holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Geneva ... Read more
Reviews for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Armed Conflict
The breadth and depth of Giacca's work contributes substantially to answering the myriad of questions raised and left unanswered by the ICJs Palestinian Wall opinion.
Tara L. Van Ho, Human Rights Law Review 16:1
Tara L. Van Ho, Human Rights Law Review 16:1