Full Description
This thought-provoking Research Handbook explores accountability for human rights violations in terms of international law from a rich spectrum of angles. A conceptual angle, investigating the broader understanding of 'accountability', is followed by explorations of the who (can be held accountable), for (the violation of) what (rights), how (following what supervisory mechanisms) and to what extent (leading to what remedies). The volume brings together experts on this topic from many different backgrounds, and offers both inspiration and practical guidance.
Contents
Contents
PART I INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTABILITY
1 The concept of accountability
Carolyn Moser
2 Accountability in international law
Karen de Vos and Jan Wouters
PART II WHO AND TO WHOM: ACTORS
3 (Extra)territorial obligations of states
Marten Zwanenburg
4 The territorial state's human rights obligations in areas of limited statehood
Linda Hamid
5 The employment of human rights to demand accountability for activities of
international organizations harming individuals
Lorenzo Gasbarri
6 Non-governmental organization's accountability for human rights abuses:
discourses, developments, and dangers
Math Noortmann
7 Corporate accountability for human rights abuses
Justine Nolan
8 Accountability and non-state organised armed groups
Helen Duffy
9 Individuals (international criminal law)
Stefanie Wilhem-Jansen
PART III FOR WHAT: NORM SECTION
10 Accountability for violations of civil and political rights: redress within
and beyond the penal frame
Mattia Pinto and Natalia Mavronicola
11 Accountability for violations of economic, social and cultural rights
Annick Pijnenburg
12 Children's rights and accountability under international law
Dr Gamze Erdem Türkelli
13 Accountability challenges for minorities' (equal enjoyment of)
fundamental rights: vague norms, states' sovereignty and legitimacy
concerns of international courts
Kristin Henrard
14 Legal accountability, human rights and the environment: identifying
thresholds and (im)possibilities
Michelle Duin
15 Accountability for the violation of the right to development: prospects and
challenges
Professor Serges Djoyou Kamga
PART IV IN WHAT WAY: SUPERVISORY MECHANISMS AND MODUS OPERANDI
16 Accountability at the Human Rights Council
Sangeeta Shah and Rosa Freedman
17 The ombuds' role in holding states accountable for human rights
violations: persuasion and legal mechanisms
Carlos Alberto Alza
18 (Quasi) courts and issues of standing of individuals
Vera Shikhelman
19 The burden and standard of proof in international human rights courts
Tobias Thienel
20 Standards of review in international courts
Shai Dothan
21 Securing accountability for systemic human rights violations in Europe?
Taking stock of pilot judgments
Alice Donald and Philip Leach
PART V TO WHAT EXTENT: REMEDIES AND COMPLIANCE
22 Accountability in human rights law: an introduction to remedies
Dinah Shelton
23 Accountability in international complaint procedures and the use of
interim measures in urgent cases
Eva Rieter
24 Reparations in the form of restitution and compensation before selected
human rights mechanisms
Gentian Zyberi
25 Legislative measures as remedies for violations of international human
rights law in the three regional systems
26 Accountability through supervision mechanisms - the example of the
European human rights system
Veronika Fikfak
PART VI CASE STUDIES
27 Accountability for LGBTI human rights violations
Kseniya A Kirichenko
28 Accountability for human rights violations in the context of forced displacement
Geoff Gilbert
29 Human rights at sea: boat disasters and the accountability of the EU and its
member states
Mariana Gkliati
30 Addressing statelessness: evaluating the performance of UN monitoring
mechanisms
Vera Karanika, Stefania Tantimonaco and Laura van Waas
31 Human rights, climate change and remedies
Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh and Melina Antoniadis
32 Extraterritorial military action and human rights: accountability and its challenges
Leander Beinlich
33 Blurred lines of responsibility for human rights abuses at mega-sporting events
Dr Daniela Heerdt
34 Duties of the individual in international human rights law
Mando Rachovitsa
