I: The Foundations of International Human Rights Law
1: Origins and Universality
2: Notions and Sources
3: The Legal Nature of Human Rights Obligations
4: Scope of Application of Human Rights
5: Obligations: International Humanitarian Law
II: Implementation of Human Rights
6: Basic Principles
7: Treaty Bodies
8: Charter Based Bodies
III: Substantive Guarantees
9: Protection of Human Life
10: Protection of Human Integrity – Prohibition of Ill-Treatment and of Enforced Disappearance
11: Protection of Human Identity – Prohibition of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
12: Protection of Private Life
13: Protection of the Intellectual and Spiritual Sphere
14: Protection of the Human Person in the Economic Sphere
15: Protection of Persons Deprived of their Liberty and Fair Trial Guarantees
16: Protection of Participation in Political Life
17: Protection During Migration, Forced Displacement, and Flight
Walter Kälin, Professor Emeritus of Constitutional and International Law, University of Bern, and Jörg Künzli, Professor of Constitutional and International Law, University of Bern
Walter Kälin is Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern, and a former Dean of the Faculty and Head of the Legal Department.
Jörg Künzli is Assistant Professor of Public International and Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern.