1st Edition

Human Rights and Development in International Law

By Tahmina Karimova Copyright 2016
357 Pages
by Routledge

357 Pages
by Routledge

357 Pages
by Routledge

This book addresses the legal issues raised by the interaction between human rights and development in contemporary international law. In particular, it charts the parameters of international law that states have to take into account in order to protect human rights in the process of development. In doing so, it departs from traditional analyses, where human rights are mainly considered as a... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Development from a Human Rights Perspective  3. The Right to Development  4. The Obligation of International Assistance and Cooperation  5. New Legal Ideas: Comment on the Relationship between International Assistance and Cooperation and Extraterritorial Scope of ESC Rights  6. Respect for Human Rights in External Activites: Overarching Normative Principles  7. General Conclusion

Biography

Dr Tahmina Karimova is currently a Human Rights Officer at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She holds a diploma of jurist from the Tajik State National University, an LLM from the University of Essex and a PhD in International Law (summa cum laude) from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID).