1st Edition
Peremptory International Legal Norms and the Democratic Rule of Law
Introduction
Sonja Grover
1. International order, the rule of law, and US departures from refugee protection
Alise Coen
2. The harbinger theory of terrorism and the rule of law: the danger of ‘balancing’ non-derogable rights against security when relying on threat assessments produced by self-interested intelligence agencies
Ryan Alford
3. Citizenship by descent: how Canada’s one-generation rule fails to comply with international legal norms
Mariette Brennan and Miriam Cohen
4. Securitisation, non-refoulement and the rule of law in Kenya: the case of Somali refugees
Oscar Gakuo Mwangi
5. The widespread use of torture in Mexico and its impacts on the rule of law
Denise González-Núñez
6. EU membership conditionality in promoting acceptance of peremptory human rights norms: a case study in Albania considering public opinion
Ridvan Peshkopia, Drin Konjufca, Erblin Salihu and Jonida Lika
Erratum
Biography
Sonja Grover is a Professor with Lakehead University and an Associate Editor of The International Journal of Human Rights who has published extensively in the field of international law including a previous edited volume with Routledge titled The Responsibility to Protect: Perspectives on the Concept’s Meaning, Proper Application and Value.
