Editor: J. Alberto del Real Alcalà

Series Title: Current and Future Developments in Law

Human Rights Issues and Vulnerable Groups

Volume 1

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ISSN: 2589-0107 (Print)
ISSN: 2589-0115 (Online)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-577-7 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-576-0 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2017
DOI: 10.2174/97816810857601170101

Introduction

This volume covers topics related to human rights issues and problems of people who are overwhelmed by hostile situations around them and are subsequently rendered vulnerable. The situations of vulnerability discussed in this book are related to suffering caused by the moral, family, social, economic or political conditions in which the people, and the groups they belong to, live. Readers are guided through a discussion about rights, as an instrument through which civil society and the ‘Rule of Law’ try to curb or even eliminate the suffering of these people. The aim of such efforts is to restore the situation of vulnerable people to a level of normality.

Human Rights Issues and Vulnerable Groups presents a discussion of issues surrounding several kinds of vulnerable groups: minorities, children, gender groups, persons with disabilities, migrants, cultural groups, displaced persons, victims of terrorism, linguistic groups, poor people, people in prison and sexual minorities.

The book is a detailed reference for graduates and scholars in law, political science, sociology and social psychology. The volume is also recommended for working professionals who operate with human rights groups and general readers (non-experts) who want to understand the discourse about human rights in a holistic (moral, legal, social, economic, and political) framework.

Contributors

Editor(s):
J. Alberto del Real Alcalà
Department of Criminal Law, Legal Philosophy, Moral Philosophy & Philosophy, Faculty of Law and Social Science
‘Gregorio Peces-Barba’ Observatory for Human Rights and Democracy, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén
Spain




Contributor(s):
Agata Serranò
Department of Legal Science
Catholic University of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo
Chiclayo
Perú


Ana Gabriela Rangel Poncio
Law Faculty of Vitória
Espírito Santo
Brazil


André Filipe Pereira dos Santos Reid
Law Faculty of Vitória
Espírito Santo
Brazil


Belén Ureña Carazo
Judge and Researcher
University of Jaén
Jaén
Spain


Boris Wilson Arias López
Constitutional Court of Bolivia
Sucre
Bolivia


Francisco Javier Ansuátegui Roig
‘Bartolomé de las Casas’ Human Rights Institute
Carlos III University of Madrid
Madrid
Spain


Faustino Gudin Rodríguez-Magariños
Magistrate
Spain


Fernando Reviriego Picón
Department of Constitutional Law
National University of Distance Education
Madrid
Spain


Gustavo Antonio Pierazzo Santos
Law Faculty of Victória (VSF)
Brazil


J. Alberto del Real Alcalá
Department of Criminal Law, Philosophy of Law, Moral Philosophy and Philosophy
University of Jaén
Spain


Jesús Sanz
Department of Personality, Assessment and Clinical Psychology
Complutense University of Madrid
Madrid
Spain


José Ignacio Solar Cayón
Faculty of Law
University of Cantabria
Santander
Cantabria
Spain


José Luis Rey Pérez
Faculty of Law
Pontifical University of Comillas
Madrid
Spain


Juana María Gil Ruiz
Department of Legal Philosophy
University of Granada
Granada
Spain


Julio Pinheiro Faro Homem de Siqueira
Researcher at the Department of Public Law, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil


María Olga Sánchez Martínez
Faculty of Law
University of Cantabria
Santander
Spain


María Paz García-Vera
Department of Personality, Assessment and Clinical Psychology
Complutense University of Madrid
Madrid
Spain


Rafael de Asís Roig
‘Bartolomé de las Casas’ Human Rights Institute
Carlos III University of Madrid
Madrid
Spain


Silvio Gambino
Faculty of Law
University of Calabria
Consenza
Italy




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