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International human rights in context : law, politics, morals : text and materials / Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Edition: Third editionDescription: xxxix, 1492 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 019927942X
  • 9780199279425
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.48 22
LOC classification:
  • K3240 .S74 2008
Contents:
Part A. Introductory Notions and Background To International Human Rights Movement -- 1. Human rights concepts and discourse -- 2. Background to and Postwar Creation of the Human Rights Movement -- Part B. Normative Foundation of International Human Rights -- 3. Civil and political rights -- 4. Economic and social rights -- 5. National security, terrorism, and derogations of human rights -- Part C. Rights, Duties and Universalism -- 6. Rights or duties as primary organizing concepts -- 7. Conflicts in culture, tradition and practices -- Part D. International Human Rights Institutions -- 8. International institutions and challenges to notions of sovereignty -- 9. The UN human rights system -- 10. Treaty organs: the ICCPR human rights committee -- 11. Regional arrangements -- Part E. States As Protectors and Enforcers of Human Rights -- 12. Vertical interpretation: human rights treaties within states' legal and political orders -- 13. Horizontal interpretation: transnational influence and enforcement of human rights -- Part F. Current Topics -- 14. Massive human rights tragedies: prosecutions and truth commissions -- 15. Autonomy regimes -- 16. Non-state actors and human rights -- 17. Human rights and development, finance and trade.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A. Introductory Notions and Background To International Human Rights Movement -- 1. Human rights concepts and discourse -- 2. Background to and Postwar Creation of the Human Rights Movement -- Part B. Normative Foundation of International Human Rights -- 3. Civil and political rights -- 4. Economic and social rights -- 5. National security, terrorism, and derogations of human rights -- Part C. Rights, Duties and Universalism -- 6. Rights or duties as primary organizing concepts -- 7. Conflicts in culture, tradition and practices -- Part D. International Human Rights Institutions -- 8. International institutions and challenges to notions of sovereignty -- 9. The UN human rights system -- 10. Treaty organs: the ICCPR human rights committee -- 11. Regional arrangements -- Part E. States As Protectors and Enforcers of Human Rights -- 12. Vertical interpretation: human rights treaties within states' legal and political orders -- 13. Horizontal interpretation: transnational influence and enforcement of human rights -- Part F. Current Topics -- 14. Massive human rights tragedies: prosecutions and truth commissions -- 15. Autonomy regimes -- 16. Non-state actors and human rights -- 17. Human rights and development, finance and trade.

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