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  • Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations

    Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations by Henrard, Kristin; Duin, Michelle;

    Series: Research Handbooks in Human Rights series;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
    • Date of Publication 31 October 2025

    • ISBN 9781035306923
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages666 pages
    • Size 244x169 mm
    • Weight 1296 g
    • Language English
    • 700

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    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.

    ‘Accountability for violations of human rights is a critical frontier in international law and practice. The Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations brings together experts on this topic from many different backgrounds, and offers both inspiration and practical guidance. The Handbook explores theories of accountability as well as their translation in diverse legal systems, skilfully deploying case studies to illuminate this complex field.’

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    Table of Contents:

    Contents
    PART I INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTABILITY
    1 The concept of accountability
    Carolyn Moser
    2 Accountability in international law
    Karen de Vos and Jan Wouters
    PART II WHO AND TO WHOM: ACTORS
    3 (Extra)territorial obligations of states
    Marten Zwanenburg
    4 The territorial state’s human rights obligations in areas of limited statehood
    Linda Hamid
    5 The employment of human rights to demand accountability for activities of
    international organizations harming individuals
    Lorenzo Gasbarri
    6 Non-governmental organization’s accountability for human rights abuses:
    discourses, developments, and dangers
    Math Noortmann
    7 Corporate accountability for human rights abuses
    Justine Nolan
    8 Accountability and non-state organised armed groups
    Helen Duffy
    9 Individuals (international criminal law)
    Stefanie Wilhem-Jansen
    PART III FOR WHAT: NORM SECTION
    10 Accountability for violations of civil and political rights: redress within
    and beyond the penal frame
    Mattia Pinto and Natalia Mavronicola
    11 Accountability for violations of economic, social and cultural rights
    Annick Pijnenburg
    12 Children’s rights and accountability under international law
    Dr Gamze Erdem Türkelli
    13 Accountability challenges for minorities’ (equal enjoyment of)
    fundamental rights: vague norms, states’ sovereignty and legitimacy
    concerns of international courts
    Kristin Henrard
    14 Legal accountability, human rights and the environment: identifying
    thresholds and (im)possibilities
    Michelle Duin
    15 Accountability for the violation of the right to development: prospects and
    challenges
    Professor Serges Djoyou Kamga
    PART IV IN WHAT WAY: SUPERVISORY MECHANISMS AND MODUS OPERANDI
    16 Accountability at the Human Rights Council
    Sangeeta Shah and Rosa Freedman
    17 The ombuds’ role in holding states accountable for human rights
    violations: persuasion and legal mechanisms
    Carlos Alberto Alza
    18 (Quasi) courts and issues of standing of individuals
    Vera Shikhelman
    19 The burden and standard of proof in international human rights courts
    Tobias Thienel
    20 Standards of review in international courts
    Shai Dothan
    21 Securing accountability for systemic human rights violations in Europe?
    Taking stock of pilot judgments
    Alice Donald and Philip Leach
    PART V TO WHAT EXTENT: REMEDIES AND COMPLIANCE
    22 Accountability in human rights law: an introduction to remedies
    Dinah Shelton
    23 Accountability in international complaint procedures and the use of
    interim measures in urgent cases
    Eva Rieter
    24 Reparations in the form of restitution and compensation before selected
    human rights mechanisms
    Gentian Zyberi
    25 Legislative measures as remedies for violations of international human
    rights law in the three regional systems
    26 Accountability through supervision mechanisms – the example of the
    European human rights system
    Veronika Fikfak
    PART VI CASE STUDIES
    27 Accountability for LGBTI human rights violations
    Kseniya A Kirichenko
    28 Accountability for human rights violations in the context of forced displacement
    Geoff Gilbert
    29 Human rights at sea: boat disasters and the accountability of the EU and its
    member states
    Mariana Gkliati
    30 Addressing statelessness: evaluating the performance of UN monitoring
    mechanisms
    Vera Karanika, Stefania Tantimonaco and Laura van Waas
    31 Human rights, climate change and remedies
    Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh and Melina Antoniadis
    32 Extraterritorial military action and human rights: accountability and its challenges
    Leander Beinlich
    33 Blurred lines of responsibility for human rights abuses at mega-sporting events
    Dr Daniela Heerdt
    34 Duties of the individual in international human rights law
    Mando Rachovitsa

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