Human Rights in Emergencies

This book examines current debates about how international human rights law regulates national authorities and international institutions during emergencies.

Introduction: testing human rights theory during emergencies Evan J. Criddle; Part I. Designing a Human Rights Regime for Emergencies: 1. Constrained derogation in positive human rights regimes Gerald L. Neuman; 2. Protecting human rights during emergencies: delegation, derogation, and deference Evan J. Criddle; 3. Two models of normative frameworks for human rights during severe emergencies James W. Nickel; Part II. Law, Politics, and Power: 4. Emergency and escape: explaining derogations from human rights treaties Emily M. Hafner-Burton, Laurence R. Helfer and Christopher J. Fariss; 5. The cloak and dagger game of emergency and war Fionnuala Ní Aoláin; 6. The law of emergency and reason of state Thomas Poole; 7. Human rights lawyers v. Carl Schmitt William E. Scheuerman; Part III. Emerging Challenges: 8. Human rights and derogation in peacekeeping: addressing a legal vacuum within the state of exception Scott Sheeran; 9. Austerity measures and international economic, social, and cultural rights Diane A. Desierto.