Projects

The role of soft law in human rights

The book project examines how soft law contributes to the development of human rights.

Purpose

The book focusses on the connections between soft law and binding conventions within the area of human rights, and analyses whether soft law contributes to expand or restrict the protection of human rights.

Partners

  • Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Research Director, Raoul Wallenberg Institute
  • John Cerone Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Mass. USA

The book “Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights”is edited by Stéphanie Lagoutte, together with Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen and John Cerone and was published by Oxford University Press in December 2016. Read more here.