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The Impact of the ECHR on Democratic Change in Central and Eastern Europe

Author : Iulia Motoc
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316558835
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Impact of the ECHR on Democratic Change in Central and Eastern Europe written by Iulia Motoc and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High hopes were placed in the ability of the European Convention and the Court of Human Rights to help realise fundamental freedoms and civil and political rights in the post-communist countries. This book explores the effects of the Strasbourg human rights system on the domestic law, politics and reality of the new member states. With contributions by past and present judges of the European Court of Human Rights and assorted constitutional courts, this book provides an insider view of the relationship between Central and Eastern European states and the ECHR, and examines the fundamental role played by the ECHR in the process of democratisation, particularly the areas of the right to liberty, the right to propriety, freedom of expression, and minorities' rights.

Human Rights and Political Dissent in Central Europe

Author : Jakub Tyszkiewicz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000479846
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights and Political Dissent in Central Europe written by Jakub Tyszkiewicz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines to what extent the positive atmosphere created by the Helsinki Accords contributed to the change in political circumstances seen in the countries of Central Europe, under Soviet domination. It focuses in particular on - firstly - a consequent new impetus to bolster human rights in international politics, as Western democracies - especially the US - integrated human rights concerns into its foreign policy relations with Soviet Bloc countries and - secondly – how this Western embrace of human rights seemed to create new incentives for increased dissident activity in Central and Eastern Europe and from 1976 onward. Finally, the book reminds us of the significant role of the Helsinki Accords in developing democratic practices in Eastern European societies under Soviet domination in 1975-1989 and in creating the conditions for the peaceful transition to democratic government in the years that followed. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of the history of communism, post-Soviet, Russian, and central and East European politics, the history of human rights, and democratization.

Hate Speech and Human Rights in Eastern Europe

Author : Viera Pejchal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000057690
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hate Speech and Human Rights in Eastern Europe written by Viera Pejchal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hate Speech and Human Rights. Democracies need to understand these terms to properly adapt their legal frameworks. Regulation of hate speech exposes underlining and sometimes invisible societal values such as security and public order, equality and non-discrimination, human dignity, and other democratic vital interests. The spread of hatred and hate speech has intensified in many corners of the world over the last decade and its regulation presents a conundrum for many democracies. This book presents a three-prong theory describing three different but complementary models of hate speech regulation which allows stakeholders to better address this phenomenon. It examines international and national legal frameworks and related case law as well as pertinent scholarly literature review to highlight this development. After a period of an absence of free speech during communism, post-communist democracies have sought to build a framework for the exercise of free speech while protecting public goods such as liberty, equality and human dignity. The three-prong theory is applied to identify public goods and values underlining the regulation of hate speech in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, two countries that share a political, sociological, and legal history, as an example of the differing approaches to hate speech regulation in post-communist societies due to divergent social values, despite identical legal frameworks. This book will be of great interest to scholars of human rights law, lawyers, judges, government, NGOs, media and anyone who would like to understand values that underpin hate speech regulations which reflect values that society cherishes the most.

The Power of Human Rights

Author : Thomas Risse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521658829
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Human Rights written by Thomas Risse and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Tunisia and Morocco.

Human Rights and Change in Eastern Europe

Author : John C. Whitehead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights and Change in Eastern Europe written by John C. Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Helsinki Effect

Author : Daniel C. Thomas
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691187223
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Helsinki Effect written by Daniel C. Thomas and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights norms do matter. Those established by the Helsinki Final Act contributed directly to the demise of communism in the former East bloc, contends Daniel Thomas. This book counters those skeptics who doubt that such international norms substantially affect domestic political change, while explaining why, when, and how they matter most. Thomas argues that the Final Act, signed in 1975, transformed the agenda of East-West relations and provided a common platform around which opposition forces could mobilize. Without downplaying other factors, Thomas shows that the norms established at Helsinki undermined the viability of one-party Communist rule and thereby contributed significantly to the largely peaceful and democratic changes of 1989, as well as the end of the Cold War. Drawing on both governmental and nongovernmental sources, he offers a powerful Constructivist alternative to Realist theory's failure to anticipate or explain these crucial events. This study will fundamentally influence ongoing debates about the politics of international institutions, the socialization of states, the spread of democracy, and, not least, about the balance of factors that felled the Iron Curtain. It casts new light on Solidarity, Charter 77, and other democratic movements in Eastern Europe, the sources of Gorbachev's reforms, the evolution of the European Union, U.S. foreign policy, and East-West relations in the final decades of the Cold War. The Helsinki Effect will be essential reading for scholars and students of international relations, international law, European politics, human rights, and social movements.

Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War

Author : Sarah B. Snyder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139498924
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War written by Sarah B. Snyder and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of the most pressing questions facing international historians today are how and why the Cold War ended. Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War explores how, in the aftermath of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, a transnational network of activists committed to human rights in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe made the topic a central element in East-West diplomacy. As a result, human rights eventually became an important element of Cold War diplomacy and a central component of détente. Sarah B. Snyder demonstrates how this network influenced both Western and Eastern governments to pursue policies that fostered the rise of organized dissent in Eastern Europe, freedom of movement for East Germans and improved human rights practices in the Soviet Union - all factors in the end of the Cold War.

The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe

Author : Frank Schimmelfennig
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801489617
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe written by Frank Schimmelfennig and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates the importance of the credibility and the costs of accession conditionality for the adoption of EU rules in Central and Eastern Europe.

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence

Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287172037
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence written by Council of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CETS No. 210) is the first legally binding instrument to address violence against women and domestic violence in Europe. It contains a wide range of obligations aiming to prevent violence, protect its victims, prosecute the perpetrators, implement coordinated policies and promote international co-operation. It also envisages a monitoring mechanism. The convention recognizes violence against women as a violation of human rights and is a major step forward in achieving gender equality in law and in fact.

The European Union and the Arab Spring

Author : Joel Peters
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739174444
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The European Union and the Arab Spring written by Joel Peters and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union and the Arab Spring: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East, edited by Joel Peters, analyzes the response of the European Union to recent uprisings in the Middle East. The past year has witnessed a wave of popular uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East which the Western media dubbed “the Arab Spring.” Demanding greater freedoms, political reform, and human rights, the protesters swept away many of the region’s authoritarian autocratic regimes. The events of the Arab Spring have been truly historic. They led to profound changes in the domestic order of Middle Eastern states and societies and impacted the international politics of the region. Additionally, these events necessitate a comprehensive reappraisal by the United States and most notably by the EU in their relations with the states and peoples of the region. This timely collection brings together nine leading authorities on European foreign policy and the Middle East, and investigates three central questions: What role did the European Union play in promoting democracy and human rights in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East? How did the EU respond to the uprisings of the Arab street? What challenges is Europe now facing in its relations with the region? Peters’ The European Union and the Arab Spring is at the forefront of scholarship on this historic socio-political shift in the Middle East and its wider implications for the West.

Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change

Author : Ryan Goodman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139504223
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change written by Ryan Goodman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) – human rights commissions and ombudsmen – have gained recognition as a possible missing link in the transmission and implementation of international human rights norms at the domestic level. They are also increasingly accepted as important participants in global and regional forums where international norms are produced. By collecting innovative work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology and human rights practice, this book critically examines the significance of this relatively new class of organizations. It focuses, in particular, on the prospects of these institutions to effectuate state compliance and social change. Consideration is given to the role of NHRIs in delegitimizing – though sometimes legitimizing – governments' poor human rights records and in mobilizing – though sometimes demobilizing – civil society actors. The volume underscores the broader implications of such cross-cutting research for scholarship and practice in the fields of human rights and global affairs in general.

Europe and the Americas

Author : Erik André Andersen
Publisher : Hotei Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9004279245
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Europe and the Americas written by Erik André Andersen and published by Hotei Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Europe and the Americas: Transatlantic Approaches to Human Rights, leading scholars of different disciplines offer new insight into transatlantic approaches to human rights. At a time when global challenges (economic crises, poverty, terrorism, mass migration and climate change) have a profound impact on the universal development of human rights and democracy, a common transatlantic understanding of human rights may prove instrumental in meeting these challenges. Through conceptual discussions, by analysing different human rights topics in different periods and regions (Europe, the United States and Latin America), and by focusing on a diverse range of actors, from policy makers and judicial institutions to academics and civil society, the authors identify key developments of human rights within a transatlantic framework.

Human Rights in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Author : Michael Rasell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317962206
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union written by Michael Rasell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are over thirty million disabled people in Russia and Eastern Europe, yet their voices are rarely heard in scholarly studies of life and well-being in the region. This book brings together new research by internationally recognised local and non-native scholars in a range of countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It covers, historically, the origins of legacies that continue to affect well-being and policy in the region today. Discussions of disability in culture and society highlight the broader conditions in which disabled people must build their identities and well-being whilst in-depth biographical profiles outline what living with disabilities in the region is like. Chapters on policy interventions, including international influences, examine recent reforms and the difficulties of implementing inclusive, community-based care. The book will be of interest both to regional specialists, for whom well-being, equality and human rights are crucial concerns, and to scholars of disability and social policy internationally.

The CSCE and the End of the Cold War

Author : Nicolas Badalassi
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178920027X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The CSCE and the End of the Cold War written by Nicolas Badalassi and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its inception, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) provoked controversy. Today it is widely regarded as having contributed to the end of the Cold War. Bringing together new and innovative research on the CSCE, this volume explores questions key to understanding the Cold War: What role did diplomats play in shaping the 1975 Helsinki Final Act? How did that agreement and the CSCE more broadly shape societies in Europe and North America? And how did the CSCE and activists inspired by the Helsinki Final Act influence the end of the Cold War?

The Persistent Power of Human Rights

Author : Thomas Risse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107028930
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Persistent Power of Human Rights written by Thomas Risse and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a unique combination of quantitative and qualitative research arguing for the persistent power of human rights norms.

Conflict and Compliance

Author : Sonia Cardenas
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812201531
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Conflict and Compliance written by Sonia Cardenas and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International human rights pressure has been applied to numerous states with varying results. In Conflict and Compliance, Sonia Cardenas examines responses to such pressure and challenges conventional views of the reasons states do—or do not—comply with international law. Data from disparate bodies of research suggest that more pressure to comply with human rights standards is not necessarily more effective and that international policies are more efficient when they target the root causes of state oppression. Cardenas surveys a broad array of evidence to support these conclusions, including Latin American cases that incorporate recent important declassified materials, a statistical analysis of all the countries in the world, and a set of secondary cases from Eastern Europe, South Africa, China, and Cuba. The views of human rights skeptics and optimists are surveyed to illustrate how state rhetoric and behavior can be interpreted differently depending on one's perspective. Theoretically and methodologically sophisticated, Conflict and Compliance paints a new picture of the complex dynamics at work when states face competing pressures to comply with and violate international human rights norms.