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Human Rights of Children in the Context of Migration Processes. Innovative Efforts for Integrating Regional Human Rights Standards in the Americas

Article: Securing human rights through risk-management methods

Securing human rights through risk-management methods: breakthrough or misalignment?

Radu Mares, ‘Securing human rights through risk-management methods: breakthrough or misalignment?, Leiden Journal of International Law 32:3 (2019), pp. 517-535… Continue reading » “Article: Securing human rights through risk-management methods”

Migrant Children's rights research brief

Expanding the Protection of Migrant Children’s Rights in the Americas. Judicial Integration of Regional Human Rights Standards

This research brief proposes a critical analysis of the judicial inter-relation between international and regional human rights systems. It particularly focuses on the effective recognition of asylum-seeking children’s rights within the Inter-American system. The study intends to contribute … Continue reading » “Expanding the Protection of Migrant Children’s Rights in the Americas. Judicial Integration of Regional Human Rights Standards”

Regulating in a Transnational Context: Three Foundational Principles: Brief 2

This brief, the second in a series of four, puts forward three foundational principles that explain the difficulties in regulating multinational enterprises. This has implications on whether more or less coercive strategies could be pursued to ensure responsible business conduct.… Continue reading » “Regulating in a Transnational Context: Three Foundational Principles: Brief 2”

Human Rights and the Dark Side of Globalisation: Transnational Law Enforcement and Migration Control

This edited volume examines the continued viability of international human rights law in the context of growing transnational law enforcement. With states increasingly making use of global governance modes, core exercises of public authority such as migration control, surveillance, detention … Continue reading » “Human Rights and the Dark Side of Globalisation: Transnational Law Enforcement and Migration Control”

Does International Refugee Law Still Matter?

Most international lawyers like to think that their particular branch of law exerts a certain, undeniable influence on state behaviour. And while international human rights law has traditionally been derided by some as abstract and wishful legal thinking, stronger oversight … Continue reading » “Does International Refugee Law Still Matter?”

Sovereignty at Sea: The law and politics of saving lives in mare liberum

This article analyses the interplay between politics and law in the recent attempts to strengthen the humanitarian commitment to saving lives in mare liberum. Despite a long-standing obligation to aid people in distress at sea, this so-called search and … Continue reading » “Sovereignty at Sea: The law and politics of saving lives in mare liberum”

Armed intervention, pursuing legitimacy and the pragmatic use of legal argument

This study examines how States use legal arguments in cases of armed intervention and how this usage can influence the development of international law. The objective is to contribute to the understanding of the law on armed intervention by conducting … Continue reading » “Armed intervention, pursuing legitimacy and the pragmatic use of legal argument”