Human Rights and the Care of Older People - Dignity, Vulnerability, and the Anti-Torture Norm

Set against the rapid aging of the world's population, Human Rights and the Care of Older People explores the potential for the rule against torture and ill-treatment in international human rights law to better protect older people from care-related mistreatment.

About the author

Maeve O'Rourke, PhD (Birmingham), LLM (Harvard), BCL (University College Dublin), is Assistant Professor of Human Rights at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway, Ireland. She is also a Barrister at 33 Bedford Row, London. She is a member of the Young Academy Ireland, a former Harvard Law School Global Human Rights Fellow, and a former recipient of the UK Family Law Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award for her research and advocacy alongside survivors of Ireland's twentieth century church/state and family separation abuses. She has authored and edited numerous publications on state responsibility for protecting human rights in the social care context. She directs the Human Rights Law Clinic at the Irish Centre for Human Rights.

Summary

Set against the rapid aging of the world's population, Human Rights and the Care of Older People explores the potential for the rule against torture and ill-treatment in international human rights law to better protect older people from care-related mistreatment.

Additional text

O'Rourke's work invites serious reflection that those drafting a Convention and those subsequently invoking (advocates) and interpreting (adjudicators) ought to draw upon.

Product details

• Authors: O'Rourke , Maeve O’Rourke, Maeve (Assistant Professor of Human Right Orourke, Maeve O'Rourke, Maeve (Assistant Professor of Human Rig O''rourke
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2024
• EAN: 9780192859716
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285971-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Medical & healthcare law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Medical and healthcare law, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law