Laurens Lavrysen (Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Belgium), Dr Natasa Mavronicola (University of Birmingham, UK)
Traditionally, human rights have protected those facing the sharp edge of the criminal justice system. But over time human rights law has become increasingly infused with duties to mobilise criminal law towards protection and redress for violation of rights. These developments give rise to a whole host of questions concerning the precise parameters of coercive human rights, the rationale(s) that underpin them, and their effects and implications for victims, perpetrators, domestic legal systems, and for the theory and practice of human rights and criminal justice. This collection addresses...
Traditionally, human rights have protected those facing the sharp edge of the criminal justice system. But over time human rights law has become incre...
