Human rights abuses in the contemporary world

Contents: Otmar Seul: Foreword - Raphaël Callsen/Jeanne Dupendant/Ralf Alleweldt: Introduction - Ioseb Kelenjeridze : Les rapports entre démocratie et droits de l'Homme - l'exemple du Conseil de l'Europe et de la Géorgie - Giorgi Asatiani: Questions of the death penalty in Georgia and former Eastern Bloc countries - Ralf Alleweldt: Prevention of torture in the Black Sea region - progress or stagnation? - Jean-Marc Thouvenin: Is there a contradiction between self-determination and territorial integrity? - Nina Kapaun: Human rights aspects of targeted killings - Olaf Seiring: Direct human rights obligations of non-state parties to armed conflicts: between positive international law and human rights aspirations - Eliette Mirau-Gondoin: Der Beitrag des ICTY and ICTR zur Entwicklung des Völkerstrafrechts zu sexueller Gewalt - Rieke Arendt: Die Sicherungsverwahrung vor dem EGMR, dem Bundesverfassungsgericht und dem Conseil Constitutionnel - Rechtsvergleich und Ausblick - Raphaël Callsen: Human rights and public policy exception in private international law - Romuald Di Noto : Le droit au respect de la vie privée et familiale, nouveau paradigme en droit international privé des personnes ? - Jeanne Dupendant : Le Pacte Mondial des Nations Unies, un mécanisme efficace de protection et de promotion des droits de l'Homme ? - Caroline Breton : La responsabilité civile extraterritoriale des entreprises multinationales au regard des droits de l'homme.

Ralf Alleweldt, LL.M. (EUI), PhD (Heidelberg) is an Interim Professor of Law at the University of Munich and Teaching Fellow at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). His research focuses on international human rights law, prevention of torture, refugee law and constitutional justice.
Raphaël Callsen, Master en Droit (Paris Ouest), is a research assistant and PhD candidate - in cotutelle with Paris Ouest University - at the Institute for Labour Law of Göttingen University. His research focuses on the law of international labour relations.
Jeanne Dupendant is PhD candidate (under the supervision of Professor J.-M. Thouvenin) and teaching assistant at Paris Ouest University and member of the CEDIN. She holds an LLM (Universität Potsdam) and a Master-degree (Paris Ouest).