Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations

Edited by Kristin Henrard () and Michelle Duin ()

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Abstract: This thought-provoking Research Handbook explores accountability for human rights violations in terms of international law from a rich spectrum of angles. A conceptual angle, investigating the broader understanding of ‘accountability’, is followed by explorations of the who (can be held accountable), for (the violation of) what (rights), how (following what supervisory mechanisms) and to what extent (leading to what remedies). The volume brings together experts on this topic from many different backgrounds, and offers both inspiration and practical guidance.

Keywords: International Human Rights Law; Accountability; Actors; International Courts And Other Supervisory Mechanisms; Jurisdiction; Human Rights Violations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035306923
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The concept of accountability

Carolyn Moser

Ch 2 Accountability in international law

Karen De Vos and Jan Wouters

Ch 3 (Extra)territorial obligations of states

Marten Zwanenburg

Ch 4 The territorial State's human rights obligations in areas of limited statehood

Linda Hamid

Ch 5 The employment of human rights to demand accountability for activities of international organizations harming individuals

Lorenzo Gasbarri

Ch 6 Non-governmental organizations’ accountability for human rights abuses: discourses, developments, and dangers

Math Noortmann

Ch 7 Corporate accountability for human rights abuses

Justine Nolan

Ch 8 Accountability and non-state organised armed groups

Helen Duffy

Ch 9 Individuals (international criminal law)

Stefanie Jansen-Wilhelm

Ch 10 Accountability for violations of civil and political rights: redress within and beyond the penal frame

Mattia Pinto and Natasa Mavronicola

Ch 11 Accountability for violations of economic, social and cultural rights

Annick Pijnenburg

Ch 12 Children's rights and accountability under international law

Gamze Erdem Türkelli

Ch 13 Accountability challenges for minorities’ (equal enjoyment of) fundamental rights: vague norms, states’ sovereignty and legitimacy concerns of international courts1

Kristin Henrard

Ch 14 Legal accountability, human rights and the environment: identifying thresholds and (im)possibilities

Michelle Duin

Ch 15 Accountability for the violation of the right to development: prospects and challenges

Serges Djoyou Kamga

Ch 16 Accountability at the Human Rights Council

Sangeeta Shah and Rosa Freedman

Ch 17 The Ombuds’ role in holding states accountable for human rights violations: persuasion and legal mechanisms

Carlos Alberto Alza

Ch 18 (Quasi) courts and issues of standing of individuals

Vera Shikhelman

Ch 19 The burden and standard of proof in international human rights courts

Tobias Thienel

Ch 20 Standards of review in international courts

Shai Dothan

Ch 21 Securing accountability for systemic human rights violations in Europe? Taking stock of pilot judgments

Alice Donald and Philip Leach

Ch 22 Accountability in human rights law: an introduction to remedies

Dinah Shelton

Ch 23 Accountability in international complaint procedures and the use of interim measures in urgent cases

Eva Rieter

Ch 24 Reparations in the form of restitution and compensation before selected human rights mechanisms

Gentian Zyberi

Ch 25 Legislative measures as remedies for violations of international human rights law in the three regional systems

Lize Glas

Ch 26 Accountability through supervision mechanisms – the example of the European human rights system

Veronika Fikfak

Ch 27 Accountability for LGBTI human rights violations

Kseniya A. Kirichenko

Ch 28 Accountability for human rights violations in the context of forced displacement

Geoff Gilbert

Ch 29 Human rights at sea: boat disasters and the accountability of the EU and its member states

Mariana Gkliati

Ch 30 Addressing statelessness: evaluating the performance of UN monitoring mechanisms

Vera Karanika, Stefania Tantimonaco and Laura van Waas

Ch 31 Human rights, climate change and remedies

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh and Melina Antoniadis

Ch 32 Extraterritorial military action and human rights: accountability and its challenges

Leander Beinlich

Ch 33 Blurred lines of responsibility for human rights abuses at mega-sporting events

Daniela Heerdt

Ch 34 Duties of the individual in international human rights law

Mando Rachovitsa

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