Includes bibliographical references and index.

The United Nations and human rights / Sarah Joseph and Joanna Kyriakakis -- Economic, social and cultural rights : an examination of state obligations / Manisuli Ssenyonjo -- Extraterritoriality : universal human rights without universal obligations? / Sigrun I. Skogly -- Non-state actors and international human rights law / Robert McCorquodale -- NGOs and human rights : channels of power / Peter J. Spiro -- Human rights in economic globalisation / Adam McBeth -- Human rights and development / Stephen P. Marks -- Gender and international human rights law : the intersectionality agenda / Anastasia Vakulenko -- Refugees and displaced persons : the refugee definition and "humanitarian" protection / Susan Kneebone --International criminal law / Elies van Sliedregt and Desislava Stoitchkova -- Four pillars of transitioned justice : a gender-sensitive analysis / Ronli Sifris.

The International Court of Justice and human rights / Sandesh Sivakumaran -- The Council of Europe and the protection of human rights : a system in need of reform / Virginia Mantouvalou and Panayotis Voyatzis -- The Inter-American human rights system : selected examples of its supervisory work / Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón and Claudia Martin -- African human rights law in theory and practice / Magnus KillanderThe political economy and culture of human rights in East Asia / Michael C. Davis -- Islam and the realization of human rights in the Muslim world / Mashood A. Baderin -- Religion, belief and international human rights in the twenty-first century / Peter Cumper -- DRIP feed : the slow reconstruction of self-determination for indigenous peoples / Melissa Castan -- Counter-terrorism and human rights / Alex Conte -- Human rights education : a slogan in search of a definition / Paula Gerber.