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There are many books about the promises made by human rights but few that deal with the remedies that are and should be available when rights are violated. This book examines remedies in international law but also the domestic law of the US, UK, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada.
List of contents
1. The importance and complexity of remedies; 2. A two-track approach to individual and systemic remedies; 3. Interim remedies; 4. Remedies for laws that violate human rights; 5. Damages; 6. Remedies in the criminal process; 7. Declarations, injunctions and the declaration plus; 8. Remedies for social, economic and cultural rights; 9. Remedies for violations of indigenous rights; Conclusion.
About the author
Kent Roach holds the Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto in Canada He has written fifteen books including Constitutional Remedies in Canada (1994) and 2nd ed (2013) and The 9/11 Effect Comparative Counter-Terrorism (2011). His work on remedies has been widely cited by courts. Acting pro-bono he has been counsel in many of the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decisions on remedies for rights violations.
Summary
There are many books about the promises made by human rights but few that deal with the remedies that are and should be available when rights are violated. This book examines remedies in international law but also the domestic law of the US, UK, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada.
