Member Publications
Publications published or authored by IHREC members
or institutions.
Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University
Turku / Åbo, Finland For more information about these publications and the publishing activities of the Institute in general, see http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/publications.htm
Orders and inquiries:
Institute for Human Rights
Åbo Akademi University
Gezeliusgatan 2
20500 Turku / Åbo
Finland
tel. 358–2–215 4324
fax: 358–2–215 4699
raija.hanski@abo.fi
Selections:
NEW: International Protection of Human Rights: A TextbookLeading Cases of the Human Rights Committee Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Textbook
The Jurisprudence of Human Rights Law:
A Comparative Interpretive Approach
An Introduction to the International Protection of Human
Rights: A Textbook
Human Rights Education: Achievements and Challenges
International Protection of Human Rights: A Textbookedited by Catarina Krause and Martin Scheinin
(Turku/Åbo: Institute for Human Rights, 2009)
677 pp. ISBN: 978–952–12–2285–6
This textbook presents the main universal and regional systems and standards for the international protection of human rights, also taking note of recent changes in procedure together with substantive developments in the field of human rights law. In addition to the United Nations at the universal level, it outlines the existing regional protection systems in Europe, Africa and the Americas as well as bringing forth the discussion pertaining to human rights law in Asia and the Arab countries. Moreover, the various means for domestic implementation of human rights law are covered, and attention is drawn to the role of non-governmental organizations in the protection of human rights. The volume is not limited to human rights law in the strict sense, but rather places human rights within a wider context of public international law as well as philosophy. The primary target group for this textbook are Master's level students in law schools and specialized Master's programmes in international law or human rights law, but the book may also appeal to more advanced human rights researchers and professors teaching human rights topics.
Orders and inquiries:
Institute for Human Rights
Åbo Akademi University
Gezeliusgatan 2
20500 Turku/Åbo
Finland
tel. 358–2–215 4324
fax: 358–2–215 4699
raija.hanski@abo.fi
Leading Cases of the Human Rights Committee
compiled by Raija Hanski and Martin Scheinin
(Turku / Åbo: Institute for Human Rights, 2003).
474 pp. ISBN: 952–12–1131–8
A compilation of 50 leading cases in individual complaints decided by the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights. The cases are organized into 12 thematic sections. The section introductions discuss the development of the Committee’s case law and contain a number of additional case references. In an introductory chapter to the book, the complaints procedure as well as certain general issues related to the Covenant are analysed.
Orders and inquiries:
Institute for Human Rights
Åbo Akademi University
Gezeliusgatan 2
20500 Turku / Åbo
Finland
tel. 358–2–215 4324
fax: 358–2–215 4699
raija.hanski@abo.fi
Note: A Russian edition of the book is available on-line at: http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/books/leading_cases_ru.htm
The book has also been translated into Albanian. For more information, please contact the Human Rights Centre at Pristina University. Email: info@hrcup.org
A Turkish edition has been published by Istanbul Bilgi University Yayinlari. See http://www.bilgiyay.com
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Textbook
by Asbjørn Eide, Catarina Krause and Allan Rosas (eds)
Second, revised edition (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2001).
785 pp. ISBN: 90–411–1595–1
A comprehensive textbook on internationally recognized economic, social and cultural rights. While focusing on this category of rights, the book also analyses their relationship to other human rights, civil and political rights in particular.
Orders and inquiries:
Brill Academic Publishers
c/o Turpin Distribution
Stratton Business Park
Pegasus Drive
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire SG18 8QB
United Kingdom tel. 44–1767–604 954
fax: 44–1767–601 640
brill@extenza-turpin.com
The Jurisprudence of Human Rights Law:
A Comparative Interpretive Approach
by Theodore S. Orlin, Allan Rosas and Martin Scheinin (eds) (Turku / Åbo: Institute for Human Rights, 2000).
323 pp. ISBN: 952–12–0593–8
In this book, selected human rights issues are examined, namely the death penalty, indigenous land rights, euthanasia and assisted suicide, non-discrimination in the field of social security, Holocaust denial and freedom of expression, and confidentiality in the context of HIV/AIDS. The book reviews national and international case law, comparing the outcomes of and reasoning by constitutional and supreme courts and international human rights courts or expert bodies.
Orders and inquiries:
Institute for Human Rights
Åbo Akademi University
Gezeliusgatan 2
20500 Turku / Åbo
Finland
tel. 358–2–215 4324
fax: 358–2–215 4699
raija.hanski@abo.fi
Note: The book has also been translated into Albanian. For more information, please contact the Human Rights Centre at Pristina University. Email: info@hrcup.org
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An Introduction to the International Protection of Human
Rights: A Textbook
by Raija Hanski and Markku Suksi (eds) Second, revised edition (Turku / Åbo: Institute for Human Rights, 1999).
468 pp. ISBN: 952–12–0247–5
An introductory textbook, best suited for undergraduate students. It describes the main international systems and standards for the protection of human rights, including also a discussion on methods of domestic implementation as well as international monitoring and supervision of human rights.
Orders and inquiries:
Institute for Human Rights
Åbo Akademi University
Gezeliusgatan 2
20500 Turku / Åbo
Finland
tel. 358–2–215 4324
fax: 358–2–215 4699
raija.hanski@abo.fi
Note: The book has also been translated into Serbian and Albanian. For more information, please contact the Human Rights Centre at Pristina University. Email: info@hrcup.org
Human Rights Education: Achievements and Challenges
by Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark (ed.)
(Turku / Åbo: Institute for Human Rights, in collaboration with
the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO and UNESCO, 1998).
210 pp. ISBN: 952–12–0208–4
The book gives an overview of the activities of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in the field of human rights education, with contributions examining the theoretical and practical difficulties of human rights education. It is based on the presentations made at the UNESCO Regional Conference on Human Rights Education in Europe which took place in Turku / Åbo, Finland, in September 1997.
Orders and inquiries:
Institute for Human Rights
Åbo Akademi University
Gezeliusgatan 2
20500 Turku / Åbo
Finland
tel. 358–2–215 4324
fax: 358–2–215 4699
raija.hanski@abo.fi
Note: The book has also been translated into Albanian. For more information, please contact the Human Rights Centre at Pristina University. Email: info@hrcup.org
Also available at the Institute for Human Rights: UNESCO Regional Conference in Human Rights Education in Europe: Conference Report and European Implementation Strategy, in English and in French.
Våra mänskliga rättigheter
av Martin Scheinin
(Åbo: Institutet för mänskliga rättigheter, 1999).
80 ss. ISBN: 952–12–0481–8
En klar och koncis introduktion till de mänskliga rättigheterna, med FN:s allmänna förklaring om de mänskliga rättigheterna som utgångspunkt. Lämpar sig bäst som en lärobok i skolor och andra läroanstalter samt i vuxenutbildningen.
Beställningar och förfrDgningar:
Institutet för mänskliga rättigheter
vid Cbo Akademi
Gezeliusgatan 2
20500 Åbo
Finland
tel. 358–2–215 4324
fax: 358–2–215 4699
raija.hanski@abo.fi