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The potential role of justiciability in fostering compliance with the right to health in Nigeria (2021)
Thesis
Abdullahi, R. The potential role of justiciability in fostering compliance with the right to health in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

The yearnings, hopes, aspirations of the Nigerian people are yet to be met as there continues to be a gap between the promises embodied in international human rights law especially the commitment to the right to health and the actual practice. Also,... Read More about The potential role of justiciability in fostering compliance with the right to health in Nigeria.

Adequacy of the legal safeguards of the patients’ confidentiality right under the Saudi Arabian laws (2020)
Thesis
Elgujja, A. Adequacy of the legal safeguards of the patients’ confidentiality right under the Saudi Arabian laws. (Thesis). University of Salford

The concept of patient confidentiality is nearly as old as the practice of health professions and has evolved over the years, from one jurisdiction to the other. The duty of patient confidentiality can be a fundamental human right, an ethical duty or... Read More about Adequacy of the legal safeguards of the patients’ confidentiality right under the Saudi Arabian laws.

The effects of juridification on states exiting international institutions (2018)
Journal Article
Kang-Riou, N., & Rossati, D. (2018). The effects of juridification on states exiting international institutions. International Organizations Law Review, 15(2), 265-294. https://doi.org/10.1163/15723747-01502002

This article complements the doctrine of termination of membership by arguing that at times international organizations (IOs) can still exert considerable normative effects on states that withdraw or express the intent to withdraw from them. We captu... Read More about The effects of juridification on states exiting international institutions.

Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer? (2017)
Journal Article
Baudoin, M., & Kang-Riou, N. (2017). Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer?. Gérontologie et société, 39(154), 45-59

Towards a right to autonomy for people living with dementia? One of the key challenges of the 21st century is to protect the autonomy of an ageing population, with a growing proportion living with cognitive impairments. However, this is an arduo... Read More about Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer?.

Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights (2017)
Book Chapter
Kang-Riou, N. (2017). Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights. In F. Cowell (Ed.), Critically Examining the Case Against the 1998 Human Rights Act (169-184). Routledge

This chapter insists on taking seriously the criticism that there has been a loss of ‘common sense’ in the application of the law due to the application of the HRA. It can appear that the criticisms made by the press against the court(s) are valid be... Read More about Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights.

Confronting the legalization of human rights : a counterpoint (2012)
Book Chapter
Kang-Riou, N. (2012). Confronting the legalization of human rights : a counterpoint. In N. Kang-Riou, J. Milner, & S. Nayak (Eds.), Confronting the Human Rights Act 1998 : Contemporary Themes and Perspectives. London: Routledge

Publisher's description of book: This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The book includes both a domestic and international analysis of the effectiveness of the... Read More about Confronting the legalization of human rights : a counterpoint.

Confronting the human rights act 1998 : Contemporary themes and perspectives (2012)
Book
(2012). N. Kang-Riou, J. Milner, & S. Nayak (Eds.), Confronting the human rights act 1998 : Contemporary themes and perspectives. London: Routledge

The contributors to the volume come from different spheres and include members of the bench in the UK and Australia, academics, researchers, member of NGOs, and campaigners as well as people giving testimony of lived experience in relation to the Hum... Read More about Confronting the human rights act 1998 : Contemporary themes and perspectives.

Testimony, tolerance and hospitality : The limitations of the Human Rights Act in relation to asylum seekers (2012)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2012). Testimony, tolerance and hospitality : The limitations of the Human Rights Act in relation to asylum seekers. In N. Kang-Riou, J. Milner, & S. Nayak (Eds.), Confronting the Human Rights Act : Contemporary Themes and Perpectives (219-241). London: Routledge

This chapter is written with women asylum seekers as a lens of critical situated knowledge. These co-writers are members of the campaign group ‘United for Change’, within the ‘Salford Forum for Refugees and People Seeking Asylum’ and the charitable... Read More about Testimony, tolerance and hospitality : The limitations of the Human Rights Act in relation to asylum seekers.