Article Twelve of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 states that all children capable of forming views have the right to express those views, and recognises that all children have the right to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting them. This book explores background to Article Twelve.

This book examines the relationship between freedom of expression, freedom of religion and religious hate speech using and critiquing the case law of the European Court of Human Rights to develop an answer to the central question.

Mercenaries or the market's response to a security vacuum? Private military companies and the regulation of their activities have grown in importance. This book explores their use of potentially lethal force; how this has differed in Sierra Leone and Iraq; what rules currently constrain them; and what forces shape the development of this new market

This volume analyses criminal procedural issues from a European perspective, particularly in connection with EU law and ECHR law.

Set against the rapid aging of the world's population, Human Rights and the Care of Older People explores the potential for the rule against torture and ill-treatment in international human rights law to better protect older people from care-related mistreatment.

This book deals with human rights in European criminal law after the Lisbon Treaty. Criminal and procedural law, constitutional law and comparative law must thus be combined to achieve a full understanding of these developments and of their impact on national law.

Evans' International Law is widely celebrated as an outstanding collection of interesting and diverse writings from the leading scholars in the field. Bringing together a broad range of perspectives on all the key issues in international law, it is a unique and invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike.