International Organizations, Human Rights and Accountability: Victims' Right to Reparation as a Litmus Test for Effective Implementation

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
International Organizations, Human Rights and Accountability: Victims' Right to Reparation as a Litmus Test for Effective Implementation
Original language description
International organisations are active contributors towards protection of human rights and gained a good reputation in this field. However, their activities may also amount to threats or even to violations of human rights, as they occurred for example inthe course of military operations, international administrations or adoption of policies. Moreover, there seems to be a lack of clear mechanisms addressing accountability of international organisations and enabling effective implementation of victims' right to reparation. The overall question of how to deal with responsibility in such cases raises major difficulties not only for international lawyers, but more importantly, for the victims. Whereas there is a consensus on the existence of a legal obligation of States to provide reparation to victims of serious human rights violations, as it is enshrined for example in all major human rights instruments, the details of its applicability in practice remain rather vague. Issues arise such
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Mecanismos internacionais e internos de effetividade dos direitos fundamentais
ISBN
978-85-8422-019-9
Number of pages of the result
24
Pages from-to
197-221
Number of pages of the book
576
Publisher name
Editora UNOESC
Place of publication
Joacaba
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