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The Prevention of Gross Human Rights Violations Under International Human Rights Law

The Prevention of Gross Human Rights Violations Under International Human Rights Law

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The Prevention of Gross Human Rights Violations Under International Human Rights Law

van der Have, Nienke

This book contains a systematic assessment of the content and scope of obligations 
to prevent gross human rights violations. There has been a great deal of attention for 
concepts aiming to prevent gross human rights violations, such as conflict prevention 
and the responsibility to protect. Yet despite this shift in attention towards prevention, 
it has remained unclear what legal obligations states have to prevent gross human rights 
violations under international human rights law.

The focus in this book is on three specific types of injury prohibited under international 
human rights law: torture, arbitrary death and genocide. Further distinctions are made 
between four temporal phases (long-term prevention, short-term prevention, preventing 
continuation, preventing recurrence) and territorial and extraterritorial obligations.

The structure of the book allows academics and practitioners to learn about obligations 
to prevent gross human rights violations in a general sense, as well as find targeted 
information on the content and scope of obligations in specific settings.

Nienke van der Have recently completed her Ph.D. at the Amsterdam Center for 
International Law, which forms part of the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty 
of Law, and currently works as Senior legal specialist at the department of 
Constitutional Affairs and Legislation of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom 
Relations of The Netherlands.

Details

Published by: T.M.C. Asser Press

Publication Date: 2018-01-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789462652309

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6265-231-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 260

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