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This book explores the problematic relationship between human rights and their legal expression. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the authors scrutinise the extent to which legalisation shapes the human rights ideal, and survey the ethical,
In: Human rights in history
"Fragmented social relations, the twin demise of authority and tradition, the breakdown of behavioural norms and constraints: all these are the outcome, according to their critics, of the uses and abuses of human rights in contemporary democratic societies. We are, they say, seeing the perverse effects of a 'religion of human rights' to which Europe has rashly devoted its heart and mind; and the supposed burgeoning of rights, which goes hand in hand with an unchecked rise of expectations, is catapulting Western democracies into an age of never-ending demands. This emerged clearly in France in Spring 2013 during the demonstrations against equal marriage ('mariage pour tous') whose opponents deplored the excesses of a movement-driven left striving for an unbounded extension of rights - from the right to same-sex marriage to the enfranchisement of non-nationals or the right of same-sex couples to adopt"--
In: The United Nations decade for human rights education 2
In: World Campaign for Human Rights
In: Human Rights Watch books
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In: Issues in Political Theory Ser.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 What is a Human Right? -- Rights: general, positive, moral, human -- Understanding human rights -- 'Three generations' of rights -- Conclusion -- 2 A Brief History of Human Rights -- Introduction -- Natural rights in the eighteenth century -- More on the Enlightenment -- Social and economic rights in the nineteenth century -- The Second World War and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Conclusion -- 3 Philosophical Foundations for Human Rights -- Introduction -- The interest view -- Human dignity -- Personhood -- Sceptics: MacIntyre and Rorty -- Conclusion -- 4 A Political Conception of Human Rights -- Introduction -- Human rights in international legal and political practice -- The political view -- Criticisms of the political view -- Conclusion -- 5 Religion and Human Rights -- Introduction -- A secular or religious source for moral authority? -- Religious freedom and secular liberalism -- Islam and human rights -- Conclusion -- 6 Universalism and Relativism -- Introduction -- Types of relativism and the 'Asian values' debate -- Universalism and the self -- Feminist and flexible universalisms -- Conclusion -- 7 Minority Groups and Minority Rights -- Introduction -- Liberal multiculturalism -- Critics of liberal multiculturalism: egalitarianism, exit and essentialism -- Conclusion -- 8 Global Poverty and Human Rights -- Introduction -- Manifesto rights, subsistence and security -- Pogge, poverty and rights -- Poverty, agency and harm -- Conclusion -- 9 Environmental Human Rights? -- Introduction -- Ways of conceptualizing environmental human rights -- Environmental values and human rights -- Climate change and human rights -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
In: Global Viewpoints Ser
Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Global State of Human Rights -- 1: Global Human Rights: An Overview -- 2: The European Union Is Falling Short on Human Rights Commitments -- 3: Bangladesh Is Failing to Address Human Rights Abuses -- 4: Tibetans Are Suffering from Human Rights Abuses by China -- 5: The Arab World Is Experiencing a Deterioration of Human Rights -- 6: Israel Is Violating International Law and the Human Rights of Palestinians -- 7: The United States Must Face Its Own Record of Human Rights Abuses -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Human Rights and Politics -- 1: Britain's New Government Must Make Human Rights a Top Priority -- 2: Myanmar's Government Must Be Pressured to Hold Fair Elections -- 3: China Must Stop Supporting Authoritarian Regimes -- 4: Israel Violates Human Rights and the European Union Is Complicit -- 5: North Korea Must Shut Down Its Concentration Camps -- 6: The European Union Should Support Democracy and Human Rights in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -- 7: The Honduras Truth Commission Faces a Daunting Task -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Human Rights and Minority Populations -- 1: Global Caste-Based Discrimination Should Be Treated as a Human Rights Violation -- 2: China Continues to Tyrannize the Uyghur Minority -- 3: Estonia Is Discriminating Against Ethnic Russians -- 4: Sudan Violates the Human Rights of Its Citizens -- 5: Iranian Persecution of the Bahá'í Is an Injustice and Rejection of True Iranian Identity -- 6: Israel Must Safeguard the Rights of All People With in Its Borders -- 7: Sri Lanka Tries to Escape Accountability for War Crimes Against the Tamil People -- 8: Developing Countries Have a Poor Record on Gay Rights
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- About the Contributors -- Part I The United Nations System -- 1 United Nations Mechanisms to Promote and Protect Human Rights -- Introduction -- Principles of the Machinery -- Human Rights Machinery -- The Main Structure of the Machinery -- Policy-making Bodies -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights -- Treaty Monitoring Bodies 30 -- Non-conventional Procedures: Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups -- Procedures -- Reporting under Human Rights Treaties -- Procedures Related to Human Rights Violations -- Non-governmental Organizations' Contribution to the Work of the United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 The International Labour Organization's System of HumanRights Protection -- Introduction -- The ILO's History and Structures -- Tripartism: a Fundamental Concept -- The Concept of Fundamental Human Rights in the ILO -- Definition of Fundamental Human Rights in the ILO -- International Labour Standards: Adoption and Supervision -- The Adoption of Standards -- The ILO's Supervisory System -- The Committee on Freedom of Association -- Follow-up to the Declaration -- The Relationship Between ILO Human Rights Standards and Other United Nations Instruments on Human Rights -- Other Work with International Organizations on Human Rights -- Links Between Technical Cooperation and ILO Standards -- The Impact of the ILO's Work for Human Rights -- Cases of Progress: More than 2000 Noted in 35 Years -- The Effect Given to Recommendations of the Committee on Freedom of Association -- How Non-governmental Organizations Can Best Make Use of the ILO -- The Need to Adapt -- Reporting Obligations -- The Universality of Application of Standards -- Globalization and Workers' Rights
In: What's the Big Idea? a History of the Ideas That Shape Our World Ser
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- A Long History -- What Are Human Rights? -- Defining Universal Rights -- Inventing Human Rights -- Changing Rights -- The Power Of The State -- Rights In The Ancient World -- Early Rights In India -- The Classical World -- Rights In The Middle Ages -- The Magna Carta -- Rights For The Citizen -- Thomas Aquinas -- The Rise Of Individual Rights -- Revolution In England -- The Social Contract -- The American Revolution -- Revolution In France -- Fighting For Equality -- Votes For Women -- African American Equality -- The Civil Rights Movement -- LGBTQ Rights -- Human Rights Today -- The Threat of Terrorism -- Guantanamo Bay -- Warfare and Refugees -- The World Today -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Further Resources -- Index -- Back Cover.
In: Critical World Issues v.Vol. 16
Intro -- title page -- copyright page -- 1. What Are Human Rights? -- 2. History of Human Rights -- 3. How Can Human Rights Be Protected? -- 4. Helping People -- 5. Defending Human Rights -- Appendix: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 -- Appendix: Joint Statement of the Chairpersons of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies on the Post-2015 Development Agenda -- International Organizations -- Series Glossary -- Further Reading -- Internet Resources -- Index -- Untitled -- Blank Page.
In: International Studies in Human Rights Ser.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Standards -- 1. Human Rights and Forced Displacement: Converging Standards -- 2. Human Rights Standards: A Paradigm for Refugee Protection? -- 3. Forced Displacement: The Relevance of International Humanitarian Law -- 4. Forced Displacement and the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- 5. The Development of lnternational Standards to Protect Internally Displaced -- II. Monitoring and Reporting -- 6. Protecting the Rights of Displaced Children: Some Suggestions for Enhanced Monitoring and Reporting -- 7. Monitoring & -- Reporting: A Search for New Advocacy Strategies -- 8. Through Rose-Coloured Glasses: UNHCR's Role in Monitoring the Safety of the Rohingya Refugees Returning to Burma -- 9. Rights and Responsibilities of Refugees and Their Protectors -- III. Solutions -- 10. Land and Resource Access Rights and Forced Displacements of People: Can Democracy in the Countryside Help? -- 11. The Future: Articulating Responsibilities to Identify and Bring to Justice Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations and International Crimes -- 12. Solutions: Human Rights Verification and Accountability -- 13. Human Rights and Forced Displacement: CARE's Perspective on Solutions -- 14. A New Role for Human Rights Organisations in Refugee Protection? -- IV. The Future -- 15. CIS Migration Conference and Program of Action: A Model for Addressing Human Rights and Forced Displacement -- 16. The Future of Refugee Protection -- 17. Further Promotion and Encouragement of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Including the Programme and Methods of Work of the Commission: Human Rights, Mass Exoduses and Displaced Persons -- 18. United Nations Initiatives in Humanitarian Emergencies Causing Forced Displacement.
As a human rights researcher with national affections, the author of Human Rights: China's Road tries to understand the underlying logic of human rights situations in China and the progress happening there.The author believes that the idea of human rights protection is unconditionally agreed upon by everyone, but the choice of specific patterns and routes is neither justified nor possible to remain unchanged through all the different concrete scenarios. For the 1.4 billion Chinese people, only they themselves are entitled to determine how they should protect their own human rights, and how to