International Human RightsFully updated, the sixth edition of International Human Rights examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to theory, history, international and regional institutions, and the role of transnational actors in the protection and promotion of human rights. Its purpose is to explore the difficult and contentious politics of human rights, and how those political dimensions have been addressed at the national, regional, and especially international levels. Key features include:
International Human Rights is essential reading for courses and modules in human rights, politics and international relations, law, criminal justice, sociology, social work, public administration, and international development. |
Contents
Historical Perspective 1 The Emergence of International Human Rights Norms | |
The Universal Declaration 3 The Covenants | |
From Standard Setting to Monitoring | |
Further Growth and Institutionalization | |
Consolidating Progress and Acting Against Genocide | |
U S Ratification of Human Rights Treaties | |
Discussion Questions | |
Suggested Readings | |
Transnational Human Rights Advocacy | |
Amnesty International | |
Human Rights Watch | |
Nonpartisan Action | |
NGO Legitimacy | |
Human Rights in the TwentyFirst Century | |
The Global Human Rights Regime | |
The Plan of This Book Discussion Questions | |
Suggested Readings | |
Theories of Human Rights 1 Rights in General | |
Human Rights in Particular | |
The Source or Justification of Human Rights | |
Equal Concern and Respect 5 The Unity of Human Rights | |
Duties and DutyBearers of Human Rights | |
Human Rights and Related Practices | |
Sovereignty and International Society | |
Democracy and Human Rights | |
The Relative Universality of Human Rights | |
European Regional Regime 2 The InterAmerican System 3 The African Regional Regime 4 Asia 5 The Arab World | |
The Unity of Human Rights | |
Global Multilateral Mechanisms | |
Regional Human Rights Regimes | |
Chile and the InterAmerican Commission Historical | |
The African Commission and LGBTQ Human Rights | |
Indigenous Human Rights Guatemala and the InterAmerican Commission | |
Discussion Questions Suggested Readings | |
Human Rights and Foreign Policy 1 Human Rights and the National Interest | |
Means and Mechanisms of Bilateral Action | |
Sanctions Against MyanmarBurma | |
The Aims and Effects of Human Rights Policies | |
Drawbacks Problems and Criticisms | |
Political Rhetoric Versus Political Will | |
Discussion Questions | |
Suggested Readings | |
Human Rights in American Foreign Policy 1 Historical Overview | |
The Trump Administration | |
Human Rights and American Exceptionalism | |
U S Policy in Central America Historical | |
U S Policy Toward South Africa Historical | |
Israeli Settlements in West Bank Palestine | |
Other Western Approaches to International Human Rights | |
Explaining Differences in Human Rights Policies | |
Actors and Institution Building | |
Mass Appeals in Human Rights Advocacy | |
Discussion Questions | |
Suggested Readings | |
Contemporary Issues | |
Humanitarian Intervention 1 Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity | |
Bosnia Historical | |
Rwanda Historical | |
Kosovo Historical 5 The Authority to Intervene | |
East Timor Historical | |
The Right to Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect | |
Libya | |
Sudan | |
Justifying Humanitarian Intervention | |
The War in Syria | |
Discussion Questions | |
Suggested Readings | |
Globalization the State and Human Rights 1 Globalization | |
States and Human Rights 3 Markets and LiberalDemocratic Welfare States | |
Markets Democracy and Human Rights | |
An Alliance of States and Human Rights Advocates? | |
Human Rights Obligations of Multinational Corporations | |
Discussion Questions | |
Suggested Readings | |
A Conceptual History | |
Development and Human RightsThe Early Years | |
SelfDetermination Decolonization and Development | |
The Original Right to Development | |
The Human Right to Development | |
A Human RightsBased Approach to Development | |
Further Integration Between Human Rights and Development | |
CounterTerrorism and Human Rights | |
What Has Been Achieved? And How Much is Left to be Done? | |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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