Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the 21st Century

Bringing together US and European scholars, this book examines issues ranging from the status of human rights under US law to the status of the European Court of Human Rights in the broader context of international law.

Introduction; Yves Haeck and Eva Brems. - Interpretation and Application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Broader Context of International Law: Myth or Reality? ; Cesare Pitea. - Universal Human Rights Law in the United States; Mortimer N. S. Sellers. - The Duty of Cooperation of the Respondent State during the Proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights; Helena De Vylder and Yves Haeck. - Protection by the Law: The Positive Obligation to Develop a Legal Framework to Adequately Protect ECHR Rights; Laurens Lavrysen. - The Adjudication Process and Reasoning at the International Criminal Court: the Lubanga Trial Chamber Judgment, Sentencing and Reparations; Susana SáCouto and Katherine Cleary. - Interim Measures before the Inter-American and African Human Rights Commissions Strengths and Weaknesses; Clara Burbano-Herrera and Frans Viljoen. - The Law of the Sea and Human Rights in the Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights; Jasmine Coppens. - New Frontiers in American Capital Punishment Litigation; Eric M. Freedman. - The Impact of European Human Rights on Childbirth; Marlies Eggermont. - Res Interpretata: Legal Effect of the European Court of Human Rights Judgments for other States than those which were Party to the Proceedings; Adam Bodnar. - About the Authors.