Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Civil Rights

Volume 27 of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law addresses key controversies relating to the application and interpretation of international humanitarian law (IHL) raised by the armed conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. Such controversies not only provoke fundamental legal questions, but have become central in public discourse surrounding the conflicts and beyond placing significant pressure on key principles of IHL. This pressure sometimes emanating from radical interpretations of the rules of IHL by various actors has exposed fault-lines and boundaries in the...

This book emphasises the importance of difficulties identifying victims of human trafficking. It is often challenging for trafficked victims to be identified, for victims to self-identify, and for victims to be distinguishable from other groups of vulnerable people such as economic migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and smuggled persons. This book examines the environments where difficulties of identifying foreign victims exist or identification is overlooked entirely. It argues that a victim-centred approach is required to recognize them for who they are, a trafficked victim. This lies in...

This edited volume fills a gap in current research on asylum seekers and refugees. By focusing on two East Asian countries, Japan and Taiwan, this volume offers material for comparison and reflection on an area of the world in which this theme is still relatively underdeveloped. By approaching the theme through the different perspectives of human rights, social construction through media representation and public opinion, and lived experiences, the book offers a multifaceted and sophisticated analysis of the phenomenon. The main aim of this collection is to expand current scholarship on...

Das Arbeitsverhältnis wird häufig durch den Schutz des einzelnen Arbeitnehmers gegenüber dem Arbeitgeber charakterisiert. Die Auswirkungen arbeitsvertraglicher Absprachen auf die Interessen Dritter werden jedoch nur selten in den Blick genommen. Diese Arbeit untersucht, ob trotz dieser Schutzrichtung des Arbeitsrechts auch die nicht unmittelbar am Arbeitsverhältnis beteiligten Interessen einen ausreichenden Schutz erfahren, wobei insbesondere die Inhaltskontrolle als Schutzmechanismus zugrunde gelegt wird. Aufgrund der Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Interessen erfolgt die Untersuchung...