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Tracing the roles of soft law in human rights / edited by Stéphanie Lagoutte, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen and John Cerone.

Contributor(s): Lagoutte, Stéphanie [editor.] | Gammeltoft-Hansen, Thomas [editor.] | Cerone, John [editor.] | Association of Human Rights Institutes. Research Conference (2014 : Copenhagen)Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 339 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 0198791402; 9780198791409Subject(s): Human rights -- Congresses | Soft law -- Congresses | Human rights | Soft lawGenre/Form: Conference papers and proceedings.DDC classification: 341.4/8 LOC classification: K3240.5 | .T73 2016
Contents:
Table of Contents: List of Contributors Introduction: Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights 1. A Taxonomy of Soft Law: Stipulating a Definition I. Established Human Rights Regimes 2. Interpreting International Human Rights Standards: Treaty Body General Comments as a Chisel or a Hammer 3. The Role and Impact of Soft Law on the Emergence of the Prohibition of Violence against Women within the Context of the CEDAW 4. Soft Law, Doctrinal Development, and the General Comments of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 5. The Role and Use of Soft Law Instruments in the African Human Rights System 6. The Copenhagen Process: Some Reflections Concerning Soft Law 7. The Use of Soft Law in Regulating Armed Conflict: From Jus in Bello to 'Soft Law in Bello'? 8. Addressing and Resolving Internal Displacement: Reflections on a Soft Law 'Success Story' II. Emerging Human Rights Regimes 9. The Role of Soft Law in the Progressive Development of Indigenous Peoples' Rights 10. Could the Progressive 'Hardening' of Human Rights Soft Law Impair its Further Expansion?: Insights from the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 11. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Confusing 'Smart Mix' of Soft and Hard International Human Rights Law 12. Mission Creeps: The (Unintended) Re-enforcement of the Actor's Discussion in International Law through the Expansion of Soft Law Instruments in the business and Human Rights Nexus 13. Soft Law within Participation Rights: Tools in Development 14. The Role of Soft Law in Minority Rights Protection and Diversity Management: Reflections from Practice Integrated Bibliography Index
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"Some of the contributions were presented at the 2014 Association of Human Rights Institutes Research Conference in Copenhagen"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-328) and index.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors
Introduction: Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights
1. A Taxonomy of Soft Law: Stipulating a Definition
I. Established Human Rights Regimes
2. Interpreting International Human Rights Standards: Treaty Body General Comments as a Chisel or a Hammer
3. The Role and Impact of Soft Law on the Emergence of the Prohibition of Violence against Women within the Context of the CEDAW
4. Soft Law, Doctrinal Development, and the General Comments of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
5. The Role and Use of Soft Law Instruments in the African Human Rights System
6. The Copenhagen Process: Some Reflections Concerning Soft Law
7. The Use of Soft Law in Regulating Armed Conflict: From Jus in Bello to 'Soft Law in Bello'?
8. Addressing and Resolving Internal Displacement: Reflections on a Soft Law 'Success Story'
II. Emerging Human Rights Regimes
9. The Role of Soft Law in the Progressive Development of Indigenous Peoples' Rights
10. Could the Progressive 'Hardening' of Human Rights Soft Law Impair its Further Expansion?: Insights from the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
11. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Confusing 'Smart Mix' of Soft and Hard International Human Rights Law
12. Mission Creeps: The (Unintended) Re-enforcement of the Actor's Discussion in International Law through the Expansion of Soft Law Instruments in the business and Human Rights Nexus
13. Soft Law within Participation Rights: Tools in Development
14. The Role of Soft Law in Minority Rights Protection and Diversity Management: Reflections from Practice
Integrated Bibliography
Index