Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the 21st Century

Introduction; Yves Haeck and Eva Brems.- Interpretation and Application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Broader Context of International Law: Myth or Reality?; Cesare Pitea.- Universal Human Rights Law in the United States; Mortimer N.S. Sellers.- The Duty of Cooperation of the Respondent State during the Proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights; Helena De Vylder and Yves Haeck.- Protection by the Law: The Positive Obligation to Develop a Legal Framework to Adequately Protect ECHR Rights; Laurens Lavrysen.- The Adjudication Process and Reasoning at the International Criminal Court: the Lubanga Trial Chamber Judgment, Sentencing and Reparations; Susana SáCouto and Katherine Cleary.- Interim Measures before the Inter-American and African Human Rights Commissions - Strengths and Weaknesses; Clara Burbano-Herrera and Frans Viljoen.- The Law of the Sea and Human Rights in the Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights; Jasmine Coppens.- New Frontiers in American Capital Punishment Litigation; Eric M. Freedman.- The Impact of European Human Rights on Childbirth; Marlies Eggermont.- Res Interpretata: Legal Effect of the European Court of Human Rights' Judgments for other States than those which were Party to the Proceedings; Adam Bodnar.- About the Authors.