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Informationen zum Autor Philip Alston is John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and is co-chair of the law school's Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. Professor Alston has held a range of senior UN appointments including United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Olivier De Schutter was the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (2008–14) and is now a Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. He teaches at the University of Louvain (UCL) and at SciencesPo (Paris). He has been a visiting Professor at Columbia University and at UC Berkeley. Klappentext The first book to examine the creation and function of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the proposals put forward by the European Commission in October 2004 on the creation of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction,by P. Alston and O. De Schutter Part I. The Constitutional Background 1. "New modes of governance" and the implementation of fundamental rights, by Gráinne de Búrca 2. Mainstreaming fundamental rights in the EU, by Olivier De Schutter 3. The relationship between the Network of Independent Experts and the Agency, by Martin Scheinin 4. The Agency and national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, by Manfred Nowak Part II. The Tasks Ahead 5. The contribution of the Agency to the realisation of civil and political rights, by Steve Peers 6. The contribution of the Agency to combating discrimination, by Christopher McCrudden 7. The contribution of the Agency to the realisation of social and economic rights, by Philip Alston 8. The contribution of the Agency to the realisation of workers' rights, by Brian Bercusson Part III. The EU Fundamental Rights Agency in a Wider Context 9. The contribution of the Agency to the implementation in the EU of international and European human rights instruments, by Rick Lawson 10. The contribution of the Agency to the external policies of the EU, by Mielle Bulterman ...
