Human rights in the private sphere

Andrew Clapman

Oxford University Press on Demand, 1996 - Political Science - 385 pages

The application of international human rights law to the private sphere has implications for the worlds of labor relations, race relations, discrimination and violence against women, and for victims of indignities everywhere. This study shows that respect for privacy need not mean excluding wrongs in the private sphere from the world of human rights. Concentrating on the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights, and their enforcement in the courts of the United Kingdom, it develops a coherent approach to human rights in the private sphere. In particular it challenges the presumption that the fundamental rights and freedoms contained in the European Convention on Human Rights are irrelevant for cases which concern the sphere of relations between individuals.

About the author

Andrew Clapham is a Representative of Amnesty International at the United Nations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Human rights in the private sphere; Clarendon paperbacks; Mil Series; Oxford monographs in international law
• Author: Andrew Clapman
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand, 1996
• ISBN: 0198764316, 9780198764311
• Length: 385 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Human Rights; Political Science / International Relations / General