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The bibliography includes selected texts, articles, and documents relevant to the promotion of reproductive and sexual health rights in the European Human Rights system. It is not exhaustive, but rather, is meant to provide a suggested list of readings that will assist the reader in understanding and gaining further knowledge on the protection of reproductive and sexual health rights in the European Human Rights system. Due to the wealth of materials published on these topics, only some of the most recent publications written in English have been included. The European Human Rights System Alston, Philip, et al., (eds.), The EU and Human Rights, (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1999) In this volume the leading experts in the field, including individuals from every EU country, provide an insightful critique of current policies and detailed recommendations for the future. This includes: access to justice, racial and disability discrimination, multinationals, environmental rights and European Citizenship. Other chapters focus on the role of the European Parliament, the European Court of Justice, and the European Court of Human Rights Arai, Yataka, "The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine in the Jurisprudence of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights" 16(1) N.Q.H.R (1998) 41-61 Both the European Commission and Court of Human Rights are entrusted with the balancing between the Europe-wide 'uniform' approach on one hand and the need to defer to the national sovereignty and to various local values deriving from cultural, religious, and socio-economic diversity on the other. By analysing the interplay between strictness of scrutiny and the width of the margin of appreciation in the case-law of Article 8, the author attempts to identify the underlying policy grounds for the margin of appreciation under Article 8. Arnull, Anthony, The European Union and its Court of Justice (New York: Oxford University Press, Oxford EC Law Library, 1999) This book examines the contribution of the European Court of Justice in shaping the legal framework within which the European Union operates. It considers the Court's place in the institutional architecture of the EU, its organization and working methods, what its powers are and how it has used those powers to resolve important questions of both constitutional and substantive law. Betten, Lammy & Nicholas Grief, European Union Law and Human Rights (London: Longman, 1998) Setting the development of human rights protection within an international context, the authors outline the scope, substance and control machinery of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter. They then examine relevant ECJ case law and assess its implications for Community institutions and Member States, illustrating the significance of the European Convention for EU lawyers. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the Amsterdam Treaty and of the decision to incorporate the Convention into UK law. Blackburn, Robert, The European Convention on Human Rights: the Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on the Legal and Political Systems of Member States (London: Cassel, 1998) This commentary on the achievement of the European Convention on Human Rights assesses its impact within each Member State. The contributors are lawyers from the countries concerned, most of whom act as the official national correspondent to the Council of Europe's Directorate of Human Rights on behalf of their respective countries. Clements, Mole and Simmons, European Human Rights: Taking a Case under The Convention (2nd edition, London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1999) This book deals with the preparation of complaints before the European Commission on Human Rights. Coverage of the second Protocol to the European Convention is included as are precedents of successful and non-successful complaints. Council of Europe, Case law Concerning Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Human rights files No. 18 (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2001) This document presents comments on the case law relating to freedom of expression current to December 2000. Council of Europe, Children and Adolescents: Protection within the European Social Charter (Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing, 1996) This monograph presents the norms of the European Social Charter in relation to the protection of children and adolescents. This study highlights the important contribution made by the revised Charter of 1996. Council of Europe, The European Convention on Human Rights, (Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing, 1995) The Council of Europe's major achievement in the field of human rights is the European Convention on Human Rights. Over a period of more than forty years it has become the most sophisticated and effective human rights treaty in the world. Council of Europe, The European Social Charter: the Charter, its Protocols, the Revised Charter (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 1999) As a complement to the European Convention on Human Rights which protects civil and political rights, the European Social Charter promotes the protection of fundamental social and economic rights to the citizens of its Contracting Parties. This volume presents the official text of the revised Charter and its protocols. Council of Europe, European Social Charter: collected texts 2nd ed. (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2000) This book is a comprehensive reference for those seeking to gain knowledge of the Charter and an understanding of its supervisory mechanisms. The texts show the progress of adoptions and ratifications by an increasing number of European countries, as well as the Rules of Procedure of the different bodies involved in the Charter's functioning; the European Committee of Social Rights, the Governmental Committee and the Committee of Ministers. It also includes official decisions made by these bodies since the Charter's entry into force in order to develop observance of the Charter in Europe. Council of Europe, Exceptions to Article 8 to 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 1997) Conflicts inevitably arise between the implementation of the rights guaranteed under Articles 8 to 11 of the European Convention and the limitations which may be imposed for the purposes of protecting either the general interest of the state or the interests of sections of society or of individuals. This monograph studies the case-law covering such exceptions, addressing aspects of the fundamental philosophy of the Convention. Council of Europe, Equality between women and men in the European Social Charter, Human Rights Social Charter Monographs No.2 (2000) This monograph reviews the content of the Charter provisions and the case-law of the European Committee of Social Rights in light of the changes which have taken place in Europe. This study explores the extent of the protection afforded by the Charter and the requirement of de jure and de facto equality of rights between men and women which must be observed by Contracting Parties. Council of Europe, The protection of fundamental social rights in Europe through the European Social Charter - Proceedings, Sofia, July 2000 (Social Charter Monographs No. 11) (2001) The aim of the conference was to discuss the plurality of European systems relating to social rights: the respective roles of European Community law and the Social Charter, the ratification of the Social Charter by the majority of central and eastern European countries and its resulting obligations, and the role of the Charter in the process of integration into the European Community. Council of Europe, Social Protection in the European Social Charter, Human Rights Social Charter Monographs No. 7, (2000) The European Social Charter is the only treaty in European law to apply to all the aspects of social protection which are the core of the European social model. It guarantees the right to social security, the right to social assistance and the right to benefit from social services. This monograph explains the content of these provisions and the case law of the European Committee of Social Rights in light of recent developments in Europe. The study gives further insight into the scope of the Charter's protection and the fundamental social rights of individuals confronted with various risks, such as illness, old age and poverty. Dehousse, Renaud, The European Court of Justice: The Politics of Judicial Integration, European Union series (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998) The ECJ has, according to the author, independently shaped the institutions of the European Union and the evolution of the larger European experiment, but it has been molded, at the same time, by the political environment in which it operates. The first two chapters of this book explain the powers, functions and organization of the ECJ and review the major jurisprudential landmarks of the Court. This book offers a well-argued explanation for changes in the Court's decisions. Dickson, Brice, Human Rights and the European Convention : The Effects of the Convention on the United Kingdom and Ireland (London : Sweet & Maxwell, 1997) This book examines the various ways in which the European Convention has affected the legal systems of England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The chapters on the four jurisdictions look not just at the cases which have reached Strasbourg, but also at cases coming before local courts where the European Convention has been discussed. Other chapters deal with the Convention within the context of the Council of Europe, its relationship with the European Union, and the overall performance of the enforcement organs in handling common law problems. van Dijk, Pieter et al., Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights, 3rd ed. (The Hague: Kluwer, 1998) Like its predecessors, this third edition offers a full description of the present procedural practice and case-law of both the European Commission and the European Court of Human rights, including the newly instituted procedures under Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention. Protocol No. 11 drastically changed the supervisory system with the establishment of a single European Court of Human Rights to replace the two-tier system of Commission and Court as of 1 November 1998.
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