This book analyzes the politics of global governance by looking at how global policymaking
actually works. It provides a comprehensive theoretical and methodological framework …

We are used to thinking of human rights as a matter for state governments to deal with. Much
less investigated is the question of what cities do with them, even though urban communities …

This article argues that a new understanding of the indivisibility of human rights has
emerged through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The …

Despite the proliferation of human rights in the last 70 years, they continue to be poorly
implemented and violated around the world, revealing the gap between law and practice …

Building on the observation that the UN is a key intellectual actor of world politics, I argue
that the end of the cold war marked a turning point in the evolution of UN thinking. The first …

This article examines the meaning and relevance of a human rights-based approach to
development (HRBA) for actors on the ground. It is one of the first scholarly studies to …

The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council is the world's key intergovernmental body
dealing with human rights. It was created in 2006 to replace the UN Commission on Human …

What role does mass media play in the promotion of global norms? We address this
question through an analysis of Human Development Reports (HDRs) produced by the …

The idea that infectious diseases (IDs)—producing cross-border contagions, posing a threat
to human health and life, and triggering the need for cooperation amongst states—first …

The title of this symposium is" International Law and the New Cold War." This title contains
several assumptions. The first assumption is that we are currently in the midst of a cold war …