Adam McBeth
Biographic Data
| ID | 6548596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam McBeth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | McBeth |
| SIGNATURE | MCBETH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Human Rights
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. A burgeoning human rights movement followed, yielding many treaties and new international institutions and shaping the constitutions and laws of many states. Yet human rights continue to be contested politically and legally and there is substantial philosophical and theoretical debate over their foundations and implications. In this volume, distinguishe…
Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law
Contents: Preface 1. The United Nations and Human Rights Sarah Joseph and Joanna Kyriakakis 2. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: An Examination of State Obligations Manisuli Ssenyonjo 3. Extraterritoriality: Universal Human Rights Without Universal Obligations? Sigrun I. Skogly 4. Non-state Actors and International Human Rights Law Robert McCorquodale 5. NGOs and Human Rights: Channels of Power Peter J. Spiro 6. Human Rights in Economic Globa…
Breaching the Vacuum
This article takes a timely look at the operations of the World Bank and the IMF through the prism of international human rights law. While these institutions have historically insisted that they have no obligations under human rights law, recent years have seen a shift towards recognising the social impact of their operations and imposing safeguards to minimise detriment. Thus, the institutions are already taking some human rights concerns into …
Same words, different language
(2005). Same words, different language: corporate perceptions of human rights responsibilities. Australian Journal of Human Rights: Vol. 11, Symposium of Papers from the Fulbright Symposium on Peace and Human Rights Education, pp. 95-127
Holding the Purse Strings
While the responsibility of States and, in more recent times, corporations, has been thoroughly discussed in relation to human rights, a new stage of evolution may be emerging in relation to the liability of the financial backers of an enterprise that is accused of human rights abuses. This article considers the basis in international law for such emerging liability and examines some of the legal avenues used in recent domestic litigation against…
After Johannesburg
Same words, different language
(2005). Same words, different language: corporate perceptions of human rights responsibilities. Australian Journal of Human Rights: Vol. 11, Symposium of Papers from the Fulbright Symposium on Peace and Human Rights Education, pp. 95-127
After Johannesburg
Same words, different language
(2005). Same words, different language: corporate perceptions of human rights responsibilities. Australian Journal of Human Rights: Vol. 11, Symposium of Papers from the Fulbright Symposium on Peace and Human Rights Education, pp. 95-127
Holding the Purse Strings
While the responsibility of States and, in more recent times, corporations, has been thoroughly discussed in relation to human rights, a new stage of evolution may be emerging in relation to the liability of the financial backers of an enterprise that is accused of human rights abuses. This article considers the basis in international law for such emerging liability and examines some of the legal avenues used in recent domestic litigation against…
Breaching the Vacuum
This article takes a timely look at the operations of the World Bank and the IMF through the prism of international human rights law. While these institutions have historically insisted that they have no obligations under human rights law, recent years have seen a shift towards recognising the social impact of their operations and imposing safeguards to minimise detriment. Thus, the institutions are already taking some human rights concerns into …
Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law
Contents: Preface 1. The United Nations and Human Rights Sarah Joseph and Joanna Kyriakakis 2. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: An Examination of State Obligations Manisuli Ssenyonjo 3. Extraterritoriality: Universal Human Rights Without Universal Obligations? Sigrun I. Skogly 4. Non-state Actors and International Human Rights Law Robert McCorquodale 5. NGOs and Human Rights: Channels of Power Peter J. Spiro 6. Human Rights in Economic Globa…
Human Rights
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. A burgeoning human rights movement followed, yielding many treaties and new international institutions and shaping the constitutions and laws of many states. Yet human rights continue to be contested politically and legally and there is substantial philosophical and theoretical debate over their foundations and implications. In this volume, distinguishe…
Human rights (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law and economics (5 works) · Human Rights and Development (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · International Law and Human Rights (3 works) · Corporate Law and Human Rights (2 works)