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International Human Rights Law

Theory and Practice

  • Includes legal concepts and systematic frameworks for the various topics covered
  • Special focus on the interrelationship of international human rights law and general international law, which is vital for understanding human rights issues
  • Includes many references to practice and case law

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. Human Rights in the International Legal System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Impact of Human Rights on International Law

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      Pages 17-46
  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-48
    2. General International Law

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      Pages 49-63
    3. Treaties

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      Pages 65-110
    4. Sources Envisaged in International Treaties

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      Pages 111-117
    5. Soft Law

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      Pages 119-122
  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-124
    2. Personal Scope of Obligations

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      Pages 125-133
    3. Spatial Scope of Obligations

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      Pages 155-176
  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
    2. The United Nations System

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      Pages 179-210
    3. The European System of Human Rights

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      Pages 211-224
    4. Other Regional Human Rights Systems

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      Pages 225-233
  6. Part V

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-236
    2. Distinctions Between Human Rights Categories

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      Pages 237-252
    3. Protection of Life and Physical Integrity of the Person

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      Pages 253-308

About this book

This textbook provides a thorough and systematic overview of human rights law, including the most relevant practice and case law, but also dealing with theoretical issues. It pursues an original approach, seeking to reconcile its didactic purpose with a scientific one, positing that there must be a necessary synergy between these two purposes. Furthermore, the author is convinced that international human rights law should not be studied (as is done in virtually every textbook) as a special legal regime, separate and autonomous from the overall system of international law; but as a regime that is fully integrated into the international legal order.

The book’s dominant theme is the interrelationship of international human rights law and general international law. Following this approach, the author has chosen to devote comparatively little content to institutional issues (Part IV) and to instead more intensively explore the structural impact of human rights law onthe entire international order (Part I); on the sources (Part II) and obligations (Part III) of general international law; and what constitutes “fundamental” human rights (Part V), without neglecting other rights (Part VI).



Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political and International Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Riccardo Pisillo Mazzeschi

About the author

Prof. Dr. Pisillo Mazzeschi is Professor Emeritus of International Law and Director of the Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Immigration Law at the University of Siena



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: International Human Rights Law

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice

  • Authors: Riccardo Pisillo Mazzeschi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77032-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG and G. Giappichelli Editore 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-77031-0Published: 30 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-77034-1Published: 01 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-77032-7Published: 29 September 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 544

  • Topics: Human Rights

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Buying options

eBook USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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