European Criminal Law has developed into a complex, jagged subject matter, which at the same time has become increasingly important for everyday criminal law practice. On the one hand, this work aims to do comprehensive justice to the complexity of the matter without sacrificing readability. In order to achieve this, the book’s structure enables legal scholars and experienced practitioners to access the information relevant to them in a targeted manner and, at the same time, enables less-oriented readers to gain access to European Criminal Law. Thus, the volume both answers basic questions and offers discussion in more specialised areas. Written by experts in the field, the book offers discussions that are both of the highest academic standards and accessibly readable.

Chapter 3 examines the negotiation process that lead to the adoption of the CRPD and provides a general overview of the innovative features of the Convention. It critically discusses the structure and core substantive rights of the CRPD, as well as its general obligations and general principles. In addition to analysing the role played by data collection and international cooperation in advancing disability rights, the chapter examines the role of the CRPD Committee in protecting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and in enhancing compliance with the CRPD globally. The chapter also explores the national monitoring and implementation system provided for in the Convention, including the role of the focal point and coordination mechanism. Finally, the role of bodies such as the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in advancing the implementation of the CRPD are briefly discussed.

Chapter 3 examines the negotiation process that lead to the adoption of the CRPD and provides a general overview of the innovative features of the Convention. It critically discusses the structure and core substantive rights of the CRPD, as well as its general obligations and general principles. In addition to analysing the role played by data collection and international cooperation in advancing disability rights, the chapter examines the role of the CRPD Committee in protecting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and in enhancing compliance with the CRPD globally. The chapter also explores the national monitoring and implementation system provided for in the Convention, including the role of the focal point and coordination mechanism. Finally, the role of bodies such as the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in advancing the implementation of the CRPD are briefly discussed.

Because of its transboundary effects and because states will be the primary actors, large-scale solar geoengineering and its governance are matters of international law. This is the third of four chapters that consider international legal rules, here regarding human rights. The chapter introduces international human rights law and how it relates to the environment and climate change. It reviews and critiques the limited literature on human rights and solar geoengineering. The remainder considers the issues in four ways. First, solar geoengineering is presently being explored as scientific research, for which international human rights law has provisions for the researcher and the potential beneficiaries of resulting knowledge. Second, outdoor research may affect people as research subjects, for whom international human rights law provides some protections. Third, procedural human rights to information, participation in public affairs, and legal remedies are widely recognized. Finally, the international law of substantive human rights such as those to health, to an adequate standard of living, to be free from hunger, and to life could inform solar geoengineering governance.