This Handbook covers aspects of the current state of Human Rights across the globe.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• Notes on the Editors and Contributors
• Introduction
• PART I THEORETICAL ISSUES AND METHODOLOGY
• 1 Human Rights Research and Theory - Neil J. Mitchell, Bronia Naomi Flett
• 2 Pleading for a New History of Human Rights - Jean-Paul Lehners
• 3 Universalism and Relativism - Eva Maria Lassen
• 4 Governance and Human Rights - Anja Mihr
• 5 Mainstreaming Human Rights - Heather Smith-Cannoy
• 6 The Interaction between International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law - Yutaka Arai-Takahashi
• 7 International Relations Theories and Human Rights - Wolfgang Wagner
• 8 The Two Covenants and the Evolution of Human Rights - Daniel J. Whelan
• 9 Physical Integrity and Human Rights - Lena Barrett
• 10 Human Rights Measurement - Clair Apodaca
• 11 Social Science, Methods and Human Rights - Todd Landman
• PART II NORMS AND STANDARDS
• 12 Asymmetric Non-International Violent Conflicts: Challenges to the Protection of Human Rights - Hans J. Giessmann
• 13 National Security, Counterterrorism and Human Rights: Anticipating the Real Threat of Terrorism - Quirine Eijkman
• 14 Climate Change and Human Rights - Dimitra B. Manou
• 15 Migration, Refugees, Asylum and Uprooted Peoples’ Rights - Azubike Onuora-Oguno
• 16 The Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Marianne Schulze
• 17 The Human Rights of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexual and Transgender People - Gwendolyn Beetham
• 18 Human Rights, Women and Gender - Chiseche Salome Mibenge
• 19 Inclusion versus Exclusion - Bonny lbhawoh
• 20 Human Rights Defenders and Activism - Alison Brysk
• 21 Non-State Actors in Human Rights Promotion - Hans Peter Schmitz
• 22 Business, Trade and Human Rights - Brigitte Hamm, Christian Scheper, Maike Drebes
• 23 Communication and New Technology - Aigul Kulnazarova
• PART III HUMAN RIGHTS IN POPULAR CULTURE
• 24 Making Human Rights Visible through Photography and Film - Safia Swimelar
• 25 Human Rights and Art - Míchel Angela Martinez, Alison Dundes Renteln
• 26 Human Rights in Literature - Elizabeth S. Anker
• 27 States, Superheroes and Storytellers: Human Rights through Comics and Graphic Novels - Christian Davenport
• 28 Music and Human Rights - Morag Josephine Grant
• 29 Human Rights and Celebrities - Hari Jon
• 30 Human Rights in International Sports - Daniel Warner
• PART IV HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS
• 31 The United Nations Human Rights System: The Genesis and Role of the Human Rights Council and the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Julia Kozma
• 32 The African Regional Human Rights System - Sisay Alemahu Yeshanew
• 33 The Inter-American System of Human Rights - Diana Contreras-Garduño
• 34 The League of Arab States and Human Rights - Mervat Rishmawi
• 35 Human Rights Systems in the Asia-Pacific - Alison Duxbury, Tan Hsien-Li
• 36 European Human Rights System - Carmen Thiele
• 37 The European Convention on Human Rights and the Protection of Socio-Economic Demands - Ida Elisabeth Koch
• 38 National Human Rights Institutions - Valentin Aichele
• 39 Human Rights Cities - Barbara Oomen, Moritz Baumgärtel
• PART V GLOBAL JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
• 40 The Extension and Legalization of Human Rights - Monika Heupel
• 41 Domestic Courts and International Human Rights - Gábor Halmai
• 42 Human Rights in Accountability Processes: A Look at Ad Hoc Hybrid Criminal Courts - Brianne McGonigle Leyh
• 43 International Jurisdiction - Mark Gibney
• 44 From Humanitarian Intervention to the Responsibility to Protect: Old Wine in a New Bottle or the Progressive Development of International Law? - Felipe Gómez Isa
• PART VI PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
• 45 Awareness, Learning and Education in Human Rights - Katherine Covell
• 46 “Fact-Based Storytelling” or Fact-Based Activism? Tensions, Strategies and Next Steps of Human Rights and Journalism - Shayna Plaut
• 47 Prevention and Human Rights - Rhona K.M. Smith
• 48 Peacebuilding and Human Rights - Thorsten Bonacker, Sina Kowalewski
• 49 Transitional Justice and Human Rights - Hugo van der Merwe, Jasmina Brankovic
• 50 Human Rights, Memory and Reconciliation: Korea–Japan Relations - Mikyoung Kim
• PART VII PEOPLE, POWER AND PROPERTY
• 51 People's Power and Participation - Mahmood Monshipouri
• 52 Human Right to Development - Aristoteles Constantinides
• 53 Intellectual Property Rights - Helle Porsdam
• PART VIII FUTURE DIRECTIONS
• 54 Social Change and Human Rights - Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann
• 55 Universal Human Rights and States’ International Responsibility - Michael Nyongesa Wabwile
• 56 The Environment and Human Rights - Takele Soboka Bulto
• 57 Reconceptualizing Human Rights Duty-Bearers - Wouter Vandenhole, Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Rachel Hammonds