Civil Remedies and Human Rights in Flux: Key Legal Developments in Selected Jurisdictions

1. Introduction: Civil Remedies and Human Rights in Flux Dr Ekaterina Aristova, University of Oxford, UK and Dr Ugljesa Grusic, University College, London, UK 2. Argentina: Untapping the Potential of Private Law Constitutionalisation Professor Martin Hevia, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina and Andres Constantin, Georgetown University, USA 3. Australia: Tort Law Filling a Human Rights Void Professor Sarah Joseph, Griffith University, Australia and Dr Joanna Kyriakakis, Monash University, Australia 4. Bangladesh: A Constitutional Solution for a Tort Law Deficit? Taqbir Huda, Tort Law Project Bangladesh 5. Brazil: A Progressive Framework on Civil Liability and Human Rights Protection? Daniela Arantes Prata, London School of Economics, UK and Danilo B Garrido Alves, University of Oxford, UK 6. Canada: Backsteps, Barriers and Breakthroughs in Civil Liability for Sexual Assault, Transnational Human Rights Violations and Widespread Environmental Harm Professor Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa, Canada and Professor Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, University of Ottawa, Canada 7. England and Wales: The Common Law's Answer to International Human Rights Violations Russell Hopkins, Temple Garden Chambers, UK 8. France: Untapping the Potential of Civil Liability to Remedy Human Rights Violations Dr Virginie Rouas, SOAS, University of London, UK 9. Germany: Tort Law's Potential to Remedy Human Rights Violations Dr Leonhard Hubner, Osnabruck University, Germany and Luca Kaller, Heidelberg University, Germany 10. India: Constitutional Torts 'Ruling the Roost'? Professor Surya Deva, Macquarie University, Australia 11. Kenya: Constitution, Common Law and Statute in Vindication of Rights Jill Cottrell Ghai, Katiba Institute, Kenya 12. The Netherlands: A Wide Open Window for Human Rights Norms? Dr Lucas Roorda, Utrecht University, Netherlands 13. The Philippines: Civil Vindications for Uncivilised Wrongs Gemmo B Fernandez, Australian National University, Isabel L Guidote, Harvard Law School, USA, Raphael Lorenzo A Pangalangan, Jindal Global University, India and Ruby Rosselle L Tugade, University of the Philippines 14. South Africa: Civil Liability for Constitutional Wrongs Dr Alistair Price, University of Cape Town, South Africa 15. Switzerland: The Underuse of Civil Remedies for Corporate and State Human Rights Violations Professor Nicolas Bueno, Swiss Distance University and Professor Federica De Rossa, Universita della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland 16. Ukraine: The Untapped Potential of Tort Law Dr Bohdan Karnaukh, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine 17. United States: Potential Paths Forward aft er the Demise of the Alien Tort Statute Dr Rachel Chambers, University of Connecticut, USA and Professor Jena Martin, West Virginia University, USA