englischThis work shows how historically and legally inequality between blacks and whites has grown in Germany and explores the question of what requirements constitutional law, legal practice and politics must fulfill in order to balance it out.

It begins by outlining the development of the [...]

englischAs part of their participation in multinational military operations, troop-contributing states are required to take detainees. But what if the State does not want to keep the detainee in its own custody? Under what conditions is it possible to transfer detainees to another State? Despite [...]

englischSince the 1990s, multinational enterprises have been required to commit to human rights. International state practice endeavors to comply with this, but only with voluntary initiatives, namely codes of conduct. The focus is in particular on the UN Global Compact, the Tripartite Declaration [...]

englischIn their contributions to this anthology, the authors connect general philosophical reasoning about the foundational role of human dignity for human rights with more concrete demands as to how to deal with basic human needs and end poverty. These legal and political arguments are based on [...]

Im Jahr 1966 wurden mit dem „Internationalen Pakt über wirtschaftliche, soziale und kulturelle Rechte“ und dem „Internationalen Pakt über bürgerliche und politische Rechte“ zwei verbindliche völkerrechtliche Verträge zum Schutz der Menschenrechte abgeschlossen. Das 50-jährige Jubiläum dieser beiden [...]