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The EU Legislator, Frontex and Fundamental Rights (2023)
Book Chapter
Busuttil, N. (2023). The EU Legislator, Frontex and Fundamental Rights. In E. Guild (Ed.), Monitoring Border Violence in the EU. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003424710-4

Chapter 4 examines our case study, Frontex, established in 2004, and the efforts of the EU legislator to ensure the (then) new border police agency's obligations to protect human and fundamental rights. Following the numerous revisions of the law est... Read More about The EU Legislator, Frontex and Fundamental Rights.

Disordering International Law (2022)
Journal Article
Kelsall, M. S. (in press). Disordering International Law. European Journal of International Law, 33(3), 729-759. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chac054

This article examines critical approaches to liberal internationalism in international law. It argues that, despite ongoing disavowals of the liberal international legal order, most critical international lawyers are yet to let go of liberal vocabula... Read More about Disordering International Law.

Amicus Curiae Submission by the SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law In the Matter of a Request by the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) for an Advisory Opinion on the Guarantees for the Effective Protection of the Right to Participate in Government in Africa, in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Crisis Advisory Opinion No 001/2020 (2021)
Other
Oette, L., & Kelsall, M. S. (2021). Amicus Curiae Submission by the SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law In the Matter of a Request by the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) for an Advisory Opinion on the Guarantees for the Effective Protection of the Right to Participate in Government in Africa, in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Crisis Advisory Opinion No 001/2020. London

The Prohibition of Torture and Persons Living in Poverty: From the Margins to the Centre (2021)
Journal Article
Oette, L. (2021). The Prohibition of Torture and Persons Living in Poverty: From the Margins to the Centre. International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 70(2), 307-341. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589321000038

Torture of persons living in poverty has traditionally been at the margins of human rights interventions that have primarily focused on political and conflict related torture. This article examines the extent to which the evolving practice of human r... Read More about The Prohibition of Torture and Persons Living in Poverty: From the Margins to the Centre.

The Fallout of Covid-19 on Environmental Law in the Middle East and North Africa (2020)
Journal Article
Lokhandwala, Z. (in press). The Fallout of Covid-19 on Environmental Law in the Middle East and North Africa

This paper analyses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) region against the backdrop of two themes: climate action and human rights. In the climate context, the renewable energy sector will certainly suff... Read More about The Fallout of Covid-19 on Environmental Law in the Middle East and North Africa.

International Human Rights Law and Practice, Third Edition (2020)
Book
Bantekas, I., & Oette, L. (2020). International Human Rights Law and Practice, Third Edition. (3rd). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108612524

Human rights are analysed in their particular context, and the authors assess, among other things, the impact of international finance, the role of NGOs, and the protection of rights in times of emergency, including the challenges posed by counter-te... Read More about International Human Rights Law and Practice, Third Edition.

The Control Yuan and Human Rights in Taiwan: Towards the Development of a National Human Rights Institution? (2019)
Book Chapter
Caldwell, E. (2019). The Control Yuan and Human Rights in Taiwan: Towards the Development of a National Human Rights Institution?. In W. Alford, J. Cohen, & C.-F. Lo (Eds.), Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation (155-172). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0350-0_10

This chapter contributes to the growing literature on international human rights and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Taiwan. Despite decades of debate, Taiwan has never established a NHRI that complies with international human rights no... Read More about The Control Yuan and Human Rights in Taiwan: Towards the Development of a National Human Rights Institution?.