The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law

I. Theoretical Foundations
1: M. Christian Green and John Witte: Religion
2: Siegfried Van Duffel: Moral Philosophy
3: Christopher A. Robinson: Biology
4: Brian S. Turner: Sociology
5: Robin Bradley Kar: Psychology
6: Mark Goodale: Cultural Anthropology
II. Historical and Legal Sources
7: Paul Gordon Lauren: Justice and Rights in Legal Texts from Hammurabi to the 18th Century
8: Michael O'Boyle and Michelle Lafferty: Constitutions and General Principles as Sources of Human Rights Law
9: Jenny Martinez: The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Rise of Non-government Organizations
10: Annemarieke Vermeer: Diplomatic Protection as a Source of Human Rights Law
11: Gerd Oberleitner: Humanitarian Law as a Source of Human Rights Law
12: Janelle Diller: The International Labor Movement
13: Peter Kovacs: The League of Nations Precedents
III. Structural Principles
14: Paolo Carozza: Human Dignity
15: Gerald Neuman: Subsidiarity
16: Johan van der Vyver: Sovereignty
17: Rudiger Wolfrum: Solidarity
18: Jarlath Clifford: Equality
19: Yutaka Arai-Takahashi: Proportionality
20: Christian Tomuschat: Democracy and the Rule of Law
IV. Normative Evolution
21: Bertram Ramcharan: The Law-Making Process: From Declaration to Treaty and Custom
22: Martin Scheinin: The Concept of "Core" Rights and Obligations
23: Erika de Wet: Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes
24: Dinah Shelton and Ariel Gould: Positive and Negative Obligations
V. Institutions and Actors
25: Miloon Kothari: From Commission to Council: The Evolution of UN Charter Bodies
26: Nigel Rodley: The Role and Impact of Treaty Bodies
27: Cecilia Medina: International Tribunals: Interpreting or Creating Rights and Obligations?
28: Christof Heyns and Magnus Killander: Thinking Globally, Acting Regionally: Universality and the Growth of Regional Systems
29: Nisuke Ando: National Implementation and Interpretation
30: David Weissbrodt: The Role and Responsibility of Non-State Actors
VI. Human Rights and General International Law
31: Malgosia Fitzmaurice: Interpretation of Human Rights Treaties
32: Ramesh Thakur: Using Armed Force to Prevent or Halt Human Rights Violations: The Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Intervention
33: Chimene Keitner: Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Jurisdiction and Immunities
34: George Lopez: Enforcing Human Rights through Economic and Other Sanctions
35: Sarah Joseph: Trade, Investment, and Human Rights
VII. Assessments
36: Francisco Lopez-Bermudez: Developing and Applying Human Rights Indicators
37: Gisella Gori: Evaluating Compliance with Judgments and Recommendations of Human Rights Tribunals
38: Fiona McKay: What Outcomes for Victims?
39: Juan Mendez and Catherine Cone: Does Human Rights Law Make a Difference: Lessons from Latin America

Edited by Dinah Shelton, Emeritus Manatt/Ahn Professor in International Law, George Washington University Law School

Professor Dinah Shelton was the inaugural holder of the Manatt/Ahn Professorship in International Law at the George Washington University Law School, where she has taught since 2004. She previously taught international law and was director of the doctoral program in international human rights law at the University of Notre Dame Law School (1996-2004). She has also lectured at universities throughout the world. Professor Shelton is the author of three prize-winning books, Protecting Human Rights in the Americas (co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), Remedies in International Human Rights Law, and the three-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity. She has also authored many other articles and books on international law, human rights law, and international environmental law. Professor Shelton is a member of the board of editors of theAmerican Journal of International Law.

Contributors: 
Nisuke Ando - Kyoto Human Rights Research Institute 
Yutaka Arai-Takahashi - University of Kent 
Robin Bradley Kar - College of Law, Illinois 
Thomas Buergenthal - Former Judge, International Court of Justice 
Paolo Carozza - University of Notre Dame 
Jarlath Clifford - Irwin Mitchell LLP 
Catherine Cone - American University Washington College of Law 
Erika de Wet - University of Pretoria 
Janelle Diller - Georgetown University Law Center 
Malgosia Fitzmaurice - Queen Mary, University of London 
Mark Goodale - Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution 
Paul Gordon Lauren - University of Montana 
Gisella Gori - Department of the European Social Charter 
Ariel Gould - George Washington University
M. Christian Green - Emory University
Christof Heyns - University of Pretoria 
Sarah Joseph - Monash University 
Chimene Keitner - Hastings College of the Law, University of California 
Magnus Killander - University of Pretoria 
Miloon Kothari - Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission for Human Rights 
Peter Kovacs - National University of Ireland, Galway
Michelle Lafferty - Registry of the European Court of Human Rights 
George Lopez - University of Notre Dame
Francisco Lopez-Bermudez - University of Utrecht
Fiona McKay - Registry of the International Criminal Court
Jenny Martinez - Stanford Law School
Cecilia Medina - University of Chile
Juan Mendez - Former President, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Gerald Neuman - Harvard University 
Michael O'Boyle - European Court of Human Rights 
Gerd Oberleitner - Karl-Franzens-Universitaet 
Bertram Ramcharan - United Nations Commission for Human Rights 
Christopher A. Robinson - City University of New York (BCC)
Nigel Rodley - University of Essex 
Martin Scheinin - European University Institute, Florence 
Ramesh Thakur - Australian National University 
Christian Tomuschat - Humbolt University, Berlin 
Brian S. Turner - CUNY Graduate Center 
Johan van der Vyver - Emory University School of Law 
Siegfried Van Duffel - Nazarbayev University 
Annemarieke Vermeer - University of Amsterdam 
David Weissbrodt - University of Minnesota 
John Witte - Emory University School of Law 
Rudiger Wolfrum - University of Heidelberg