| Description |
xxxix, 1580 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Human rights concepts and discourse -- The human rights regime : background and birth -- Civil and political rights -- Economic and social rights -- National security, terrorism and the law of armed conflict -- Rights or duties as organizing concepts -- Conflict in culture, tradition and practices : challenges to universalism -- The United Nations human rights system -- Treaty bodies : the ICCPR Human Rights Committee -- International human rights fact-finding -- Regional arrangements -- Vertical interpenetration : international human rights law within states' legal and political orders -- Horizontal interpenetration : transnational influence and enforcement of human rights -- Measuring and evaluating human rights performance -- Massive human rights tragedies : prosecutions and truth commissions -- Non-state actors and human rights -- Human rights, development and climate change |
| Summary |
"The successor to International human rights in context : law, politics and morals." |
| Related To |
Steiner, Henry J. International human rights in context. 3rd ed. Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780199279425 |
| Notes |
"The successor to International human rights in context: law, politics and morals." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Self-Renewing 2017 UoY |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Human rights.
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| Author |
Goodman, Ryan, author
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Based on work. Steiner, Henry J.
International human rights in context
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| LC no. |
2012538148 |
| ISBN |
0199578729 (paperback) |
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9780199578726 (paperback) |
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