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International human rights courts --- Human rights --- Inter-American Court of Human Rights --- America --- International human rights courts - America --- Human rights - America

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How is access to asylum and other forms of extraterritorial protection regulated in the European Union? Is the EU acquis in these areas in conformity with international law? Which tools does international law offer to solve collisions between both? And, finally, is law capable of bridging the foundational oppositions embedded in migration and asylum issues? This work combines the potential of legal formalism with an analytical framework drawing on political theory. It analyses the argumentative strategies used by international lawyers, and developed them further, exploiting the interpretative methodology of international law as well as elaborate discrimination arguments. The author concludes that deflecting protection seekers by means of visa requirements may constitute a violation of the European Convention of Human Rights, and that the prescriptions of international law oblige Member States to apply the Dublin Convention and the Spanish Protocol in a manner emptying it of its main control functions. The author also shows that burden-sharing remains the pivotal element in the normative dynamics behind the EU acquis, and explains why the European Court of Human Rights must be regarded as the only transnational forum for the legitimate negotiation of asylum in Europe.

Migration. Refugees --- International private law --- European Union --- Visas --- Passports --- Law and legislation --- International human rights law

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"This monograph provides a contemporary analysis of the frictions between peacemaking and international human rights law based on the cases of post-conflict power-sharing in Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In this context it evaluates the long-standing debate in the United Nations and human rights bodies about the 'imperfect peace'. Written from a practitioner-scholarly viewpoint and drawing from new authentic sources, the book describes the mechanisms used in peace agreements and post-conflict constitutions for managing ethnic or religious diversity, explains their legal limits under international human rights law, and provides a conceptual framework for analysing the nexus between law and peacemaking. The book argues that the relationship between the content of peace agreements and post-conflict constitutions, their negotiation process and the element of time need to be untangled to better understand legal limits of statebuilding in the aftermath of armed conflict. It reaches out equally to scholars in human rights law and peace and conflict studies, advisers in peace processes, constitution-makers, and peace mediators.Lasting peace requires the respect for universal human rights. This book offers unique insights into how to find the balance between practical political solutions and the respect for international law. It is a rich resource for peacemakers and conflict parties, and an indispensable read on the phenomenon of the "imperfect peace".Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Swedish Minister for Foreign AffairsA balanced examination of a key issue for mediators and international lawyers alike, the tension between human rights concerns and practical peacemaking. Waehlisch writes with the authority of one who is both an academic but also a political adviser with plentiful hands on experience in the regions from which he draws his case studies, the Balkans and the Arab world.Sir Derek Plumbly KCMG, King's College London, former UN Special Coordinator for LebanonA rigorous reflection on the tension between peacemaking and the protection of human rights. The focus on two well-chosen case-studies brings the problem to life, and international law is presented in the light of deeply understood practical experience. This illuminating, thought-provoking work deserves to be read by everyone involved in the law, practice or study of peacemaking, statebuilding, or human rights.Professor David Feldman, Cambridge University, former Judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and HerzegovinaIs there a law of peace? This insightful book deploys a comparative analysis drawing from the Balkans to the Middle East across the scholarly-practitioner divide to elucidate this now evolving normative development.Professor ?Ruti Teitel, New York Law SchoolImperfect Peace is an extraordinarily useful and original book that brings together concerns and areas of scholarship and practice that do not always communicate well. Grounded in actual cases it is a "must read" for anyone interested in peace and the evolution of the international system.Professor Andrea Bartoli, Dean School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall UniversityPractitioners and scholars alike will find the monograph helpful not only to understand better the relationship between international law and peace, but how to navigate and use it to best effect. Well-informed, Waehlisch offers a sober yet progressive account with insights about real-world dynamics along with thoughtful suggestions for recurrent problems. Those facing the challenges of transitions will find this a timely and indispensable reference.Professor John Packer, University of Ottawa, UN DPA Standby Team Constitutions and Process Design Expert"--

Humanitarian law. --- Mediation, International. --- Pacific settlement of international disputes. --- Peace. --- International human rights.

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This book analyses the legal framework for refugee protection in Africa, including both refugee and human rights law as well as treaty and institutional elements. The regime is addressed in two parts. Part One analyses the relevant treaties: the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and the 1981 African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. The latter two regional instruments are examined in depth. This includes the first fulsome account of the African Refugee Conventions drafting, an interpretation of its unique refugee definition and original analysis of the relationships between the three treaties. Significant attention is devoted to the systemic relationship between the international and the regional refugee treaties and to the discrete relationships of conflict and complementary relationships between the two refugee instruments, as well as to the relationships between the African Refugee Convention and African Charter.Part Two focuses on the institutional architecture supporting the treaty framework. The Organization of African Unity is addressed in a historical sense, and the contemporary roles of the African Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights and the current and contemplated African human rights courts are examined. This book is the first devoted to the legal framework for refugee protection in Africa.

Refugees --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Asylum, Right of --- International human rights courts --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc. - Africa. --- Asylum, Right of - Africa. --- International human rights courts - Africa.

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Biographical note: Nivedita Prasad, Prof. Dr., ist seit 2013 Professorin an der Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin. Katrin Muckenfuss ist Dozentin am Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit, Fachhochschule St. Gallen. Andreas Foitzik, Geschäftsführer »adis e.V.« – Antidiskriminierung, Empowerment, Praxisentwicklung Tübingen Long description: Das Buch bereitet 20 Fälle zu Entscheidungen nationaler und internationaler Gerichte/ Gremien im Kontext von Menschenrechts- und Grundrechtsverletzungen auf. Dabei wird die Bedeutung dieser Urteile für die Praxis diskriminierungskritischer (Sozialer) Arbeit herausgestellt, z.B. im Zusammenhang mit Racial Profiling oder Diskriminierungen beim Zugang zu Wohnen, Arbeit oder Dienstleistungen. Es bietet eine Handlungsorientierung für Praktiker*innen der Antidiskriminierungs- und Empowermentarbeit und bestärkt sie darin, sich auf diese Fälle in ihren eigenen fachlichen Auseinandersetzungen zu berufen oder eigene Fälle der (strategischen) Prozessführung anzustreben. Quote: »Das Buch ist eine nicht nur nützliche sondern >empowernde Hilfe zumindest für alle jene, welche in diskriminierungssensiblen Kontexten arbeiten und manchmal daran zweifeln, dass man sich gegen Diskriminierung erfolgreich wehren kann.« Prof. Dr. Eckart Riehle, socialnet, 2.4.2020

Soziale Arbeit --- Sozialpädagogik --- Rassismus --- Menschenrechte --- Diskriminierung --- Europäischer Gerichtshof --- Antidiskriminierung --- Empowerment --- Urteile --- Social service --- Social workers --- Human rights --- International human rights courts --- Legal status, laws, etc.