Suchergebnisse

Do human rights offer real protection when disadvantaged groups invoke them at the local level in an attempt to improve their living conditions? If so, how can we make sure that the experiences of those invoking human rights at the local level have an impact on the further development of human rights (at national and other levels) so that the local relevance of human rights increases? Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948, numerous international documents have reaffirmed human rights as global norms. This book examines what factors determine whether appeals to human rights that emanate from the local level are successful, and whether the UDHR adequately responds to threats as currently defined by relevant groups or whether a revision of some of the ideas included in the UDHR is needed in order to increase its contemporary relevance.

In defence of a multidisciplinary approach to human rights / Koen De Feyter -- On the sociological instrumentality of human rights and minority rights / Gerrit-Bartus Dielissen -- Human rights and the anthropological perspectives on the dynamics of cultural differences / M. Callari Galli -- The development of minority rights in Europe / Lisanne Wilken -- Gender equality and group rights : negotiating just multicultural arrangements / Siobhan Mullally -- Let's talk : dealing with difference in human rights law / Rory O'Connell -- Non-individualism and rights / George Pavlakos -- Are women human? Prostitution and the search for the right rights / Rebecca Pates -- School communities and children's rights / Giovanna Guerzoni and Daniela Soci -- Citizenship : anthropological approaches to migration and social exclusion / Bruno Riccio and Giuseppe Scandurra -- Supporting minority rights : inter-group determinants and consequences / Anca Minescu -- The protection of groups and group rights in Europe / Stephan Breitenmoser -- International human rights law in theory and practice / Jean Allain -- Human rights and international relations / Nicola Catellani -- Human rights and development policies : some critical issues regarding the idea of 'community' in the development field / Federica Tarabusi and Ivo Giuseppe Pazzagli.