Human Rights Protection in Global Politics: Responsibilities of States and Non-State Actors

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Human Rights Responsibilities of States and Non-State Actors....Pages 3-22
Humanitarianism and Responsibility in Discourse and Practice....Pages 23-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Doctrinal Innovation and State Obligations: The Patterns of Doctrinal Development in the Jurisprudence of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights....Pages 49-68
Indivisible Human Rights and the End(s) of the State....Pages 69-89
Beyond Individual Accountability: The Meaning of State Responsibility....Pages 90-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Putting the Blame on Governments: Why Firms and Governments Have Failed to Advance the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights....Pages 113-136
The Concept of Human Rights Protection and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights....Pages 137-158
Human Rights Ltd.: An Alternative Approach to Assessing the Impact of Transnational Corporations on Human Rights....Pages 159-179
Living Up to Human Rights Responsibilities: Lawyers and Law Firms in the Chinese Authoritarian Context....Pages 180-200
Fulfilling the Right to Education? Responsibilities of State and Non-State Actors in Myanmar’s Education System....Pages 201-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
What Responsibilities Does the International Community Have in Complex Humanitarian Crises and Mass Atrocity Situations?....Pages 223-244
Grappling with Double Manifest Failure: R2P and the Civilian Protection Conundrum....Pages 245-267
Prevention Cascade: The United States and the Diffusion of R2P....Pages 268-287
Argumentation and the Responsibility to Protect: The Case of Libya....Pages 288-308
Back Matter....Pages 309-316