Human Rights and the Dark Side of Globalisation by Thomas Gam... - 9781138222236

Taylor & Francis

Human Rights and the Dark Side of GlobalisationTransnational law enforcement and migration control\nAuthor(s): Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Jens Vedsted-Hansen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138222236, 978-1138222236\nSynopsis\nThis edited volume examines the continued viability of international human rights law in the context of growing transnational law enforcement. With states increasingly making use of global governance modes, core exercises of public authority such as migration control, surveillance, detention and policing, are increasingly conducted extraterritorially, outsourced to foreign governments or delegated to non-state actors.\n\nNew forms of cooperation raise difficult questions about divided, shared and joint responsibility under international human rights law. At the same time, some governments engage in transnational law enforcement exactly to avoid such responsibilities, creatively seeking to n.