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The international human rights movement : a history / by Aryeh Neier

By: Material type: Computer fileComputer fileLanguage: English Publication details: New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 370, pages) : color illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780691200996 (e-book)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC571  N28 2020
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Contents:
1. The movement -- 2. Putting natural law principles into practice -- 3. What are rights? -- 4. International human rights law -- 5. International humanitarian law -- 6. Defying communism -- 7. Rights on the other side of the cold war divide -- 8. Amnesty international -- 9. Human rights watch -- 10. The worldwide movement -- 11. Accountability --12. Rights after 9/11 -- 13. Going forward
Summary: During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in struggles against totalitarian regimes and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. This book offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. The book combines analysis with personal experience, and gives an insider's perspective on the movement's goals, the disputes about its mission, its rise to international importance, and the challenges to come. This updated edition includes a new preface by the author.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

1. The movement -- 2. Putting natural law principles into practice -- 3. What are rights? -- 4. International human rights law -- 5. International humanitarian law -- 6. Defying communism -- 7. Rights on the other side of the cold war divide -- 8. Amnesty international -- 9. Human rights watch -- 10. The worldwide movement -- 11. Accountability --12. Rights after 9/11 -- 13. Going forward

During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in struggles against totalitarian regimes and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. This book offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. The book combines analysis with personal experience, and gives an insider's perspective on the movement's goals, the disputes about its mission, its rise to international importance, and the challenges to come. This updated edition includes a new preface by the author.

Fund 164 CE-Logic Purchased Feb 16, 2022 OEBP000229 P. Roderno PHP 5,377.00
2022-02-057 22-1054

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