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Can transnational corporations ignore human rights as long as governments don't hold them accountable? If the UN is put in charge of a territory, is it bound by human rights law? Under traditional approaches to human rights, non-state actors cannot be parties to the relevant treaties and so they are only bound to the extent that obligations accepted by States can be applied to them by governments. This situation threatens to make a mockery of much of the international system of accountability for human rights violations. The contributors to this volume examine the different approaches that might be taken in order to ensure some degree of accountability. Making space in the legal regime to take account of the role of non-State actors is one of the biggest and most critical challenges facing international law today.

This collection of essays brings together feminist scholars in a number of areas including international law, rights, citizenship, queer theory, constitutional law and migration studies to reflect on gender and human rights.

Explores the main areas of legal development under the so-called 'Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice (AFSJ)' which was introduced into European law under the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1997. This work also examines the main subject-matter of the new AFSJ and includes discussion of the future of the AFSJ.

This collection of essays reflects on the fifth enlargement of the European Union, projected to take place in 2004. It examines the process of enlargement, its impact on both the candidate States and on the institutions and policies of the European Union.

The right to self-determination has been a driving force in international law and politics and in the 1970s it was joined by a number of other human rights including rights to development, peace, a clean environment, and humanitarian assistance. In this volume, the significance of these so-called 'third generation solidarity rights' are examined.