Why human rights still matter in contemporary global affairs

Introduction : why human rights still matter in contemporary global affairs / Mahmood Monshipouri -- How do human rights matter? / Michael Goodhart -- Broadening human rights : the case for a pluralistic approach / Hussein Banai and Anthony Tirado Chase -- Non-Western experiences of the (un)persuasive practice of human rights / Shadi Mokhtari -- Assessing regional human rights systems : from convergence to divergence / Daniel J. Whelan and Andrew McWard -- State responsibility and international law / Mark Gibney -- Human rights and humanitarian action will endure : the case of International Committee of the Red Cross / David P. Forsythe -- Denial and debilitation : environmental rights and the harm of climate change denial / Richard P. Hiskes -- Transitional justice : from accountability to peace / Mahmood Monshipouri and William V. Dunlap -- Labor rights as human rights : theoretical foundations and practical implications / Carol C. Gould -- The trajectory of the right to food in Brazil : the debate between means and access / Anthony Pahnke -- Social movements, development policy, and human rights / Shareen Hertel and Rajeshwari Majumdar -- Migrant workers and human rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries / Zahra Babar -- Human rights and inequality / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann -- Threats to freedom of the press / Andrei Richter -- Addressing religious intolerance in an increasingly illiberal world / Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan -- Neoliberalism and women's rights / Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat -- Climate refugees, forced migrants, and the Syrian crisis / Mahmood Monshipouri -- The resilience of rights in a post-liberal world / Alison Brysk.

This book elucidates why human rights still matter in contemporary global affairs, and what can lead to better protection of international human rights in a post-liberal order.It blends theoretical, empirical, and normative perspectives, while providing much-needed analysis in light of the perils of populism, authoritarianism, and toxic nationalism, as well as highlighting the hopes with which people around the world view human rights in the new millennium. Systematically combining theoretical perspectives from across the disciplines with numerous case studies, it demonstrates not only the complexities of the domestic conditions involved, but also the ways in which human dignity can be preserved and promoted during periods of rapid change and uncertainty. Finally, the book addresses the question of how to protect human rights in such a world in which the active promotion of democratic values and enforcement of human rights may not be necessarily aligned with evolving economic and geopolitical interests of many great and diverse powers on the global scene. As such, it is a timely intervention for human rights as a concept as it has been attacked and eroded by the instability in our world today.