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Science and Human Rights -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- OVERVIEW -- THE SYMPOSIUM -- TORTURE, PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE, AND THE ETHICS OF MEDICINE -- HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN NEEDS, AND SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN SURVIVAL -- WELCOMING REMARKS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part 1 Torture, Psychiatric Abuse, and the Ethics of Medicine -- INTRODUCTION -- THE WORK OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILE -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -- GERARD DEBREU -- DOUGLAS SAMUELSON, AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION, COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- JUAN LUÍS GONZÁLEZ -- HELEN RANNEY -- JUAN LUÍS GONZÁLEZ -- HELEN RANNEY -- JUAN LUÍS GONZÁLEZ -- JOEL LEBOWITZ, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY -- ALBERT SOLNIT -- VIRGINIA M. BOUVIER, WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA -- JUAN LUÍS GONZÁLEZ -- VIRGINIA M. BOUVIER -- JUAN LUÍS GONZÁLEZ -- PARTICIPANT -- M. ALFRED HAYNES -- Part 2 Human Rights, Human Needs, and Scientific Freedom -- INTRODUCTION -- APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -- GILBERT WHITE -- LIPMAN BERS -- GILBERT WHITE -- PRESTON CLOUD, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA -- GILBERT WHITE -- PRESTON CLOUD -- ISMAIL MOHAMED -- GILBERT WHITE -- ROBERT KATES -- ELIZABETH RUSSELL, JACKSON LABORATORY, BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ISMAIL MOHAMED -- GILBERT WHITE -- ISMAIL MOHAMED -- EDWARD ANDERS, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO -- ISMAIL MOHAMED -- GILBERT WHITE -- Part 3 Human Rights and Human Survival -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SOVIET UNION, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND NATIONAL SECURITY -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -- FRANCIS LOW -- YURI ORLOV -- LIPMAN BERS -- YURI ORLOV -- LIPMAN BERS -- JOEL LEBOWITZ, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY -- ELIOT STELLAR -- WALTER KOHN, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA -- LIPMAN BERS -- E-AN ZEN, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1 - Racial Implications of the War on Terrorism -- 1 - Enhancing Whose Security? People of Color and the Post-September 11 ... -- WHO IS AN AMERICAN? -- MAINTAINING SOCIAL CONTROL THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT -- DISSENT AS UN-AMERICAN -- THE WAR ON TERROR -- WHO-OR WHAT-IS SECURED BY EXPANDED POLICE POWERS? -- NOTES -- 2 - The Pinkerton Detective Agency: Prefiguring the FBI -- THE BEGINNINGS -- THE WAR AGAINST ORGANIZED LABOR -- THE MODERN AGENCY -- PINKERTON INFLUENCES ON THE FBI -- NOTES -- 3 - Between Hegemony and Empire: Africa and the U.S. Global War against Terrorism -- SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD -- AFRICA AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY BEFORE 9/11 -- AFRICA AND THE U.S. WAR AGAINST TERRORISM -- NOTES -- PART 2 - Immigration and Race -- 4 - Latino Growth and Latino Exploitation: More Than a Passing Acquaintance -- BACKGROUND -- BECOMING NUMBER ONE -- MEAT PROCESSING AND LATINO GROWTH -- NUMBER ONE IN EXPLOITATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 5 - Race, Immigration, and the Limits of Citizenship -- THE HISPANIC PANIC -- CITIZENSHIP AND THE LIMITS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY -- ALL BUT IN NAME -- A CODA -- NOTES -- 6 - African Americans and Immigration: The Economic, Political, and Strategic Implications -- A PERSONAL NOTE -- ECONOMIC IMPACT -- POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES -- RAINBOW COALITION? -- STRATEGY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART 3 - Affirmative Action as a Human Rights Tool -- 7 - Historicizing Affirmative Action and the Landmark 2003 University of ... -- NOTES -- 8 - A New Coalition: Reaching the Religious Right to Deal with Racial Justice -- WHO ARE THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT? -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT -- REACHING THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT -- POLITICAL LIMITATIONS -- THE GREEN MOVEMENT -- WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?.

Intro -- Contents -- Part One Introduction -- Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights: An Introduction -- 1 The Death of a Public Intellectual -- Part Two Ethical Bases of International Human Rights -- 2 Personal Rights and Public Space -- 3 In the Beginning Was the Deed -- 4 Autonomy and Consequences -- 5 On Philosophy and Human Rights -- Part Three Nation-Building, Constitutionalism, and Democracy -- 6 The Moral Reading and the Majoritarian Premise -- 7 Constitutionalism, Democracy, and State Decay -- 8 Constitutionalism and Democracy -- 9 Group Aspirations and Democratic Politics -- Part Four Democracy and Deliberation -- 10 Creating the Conditions for Democracy -- 11 Power Under State Terror -- 12 Deliberation, Disagreement, and Voting -- 13 Deliberative Democracy and Majority Rule: Reply to Waldron -- 14 The Epistemic Theory of Democracy Revisited -- 15 Democracy and Philosophy: A Reply to Stotzky and Waldron -- Part Five Confronting Radical Evil -- 16 Punishment and the Rule of Law -- 17 From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Role of Transitional Justice -- 18 Dictatorship and Punishment: A Reply to Scanlon and Teitel -- 19 Human Rights and Democracy in Practice: The Challenge of Accountability -- List of Contributors -- Index.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK of ACADEMIES AND SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES -- Copyright -- The International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies -- A DESCRIPTION -- With Gratitiude -- International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SYMPOSIUM -- WELCOME AND OVERVIEW OF SYMPOSIUM TOPICS -- PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY AND STRENGTHENING OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IN KOSOVO -- FROM HUMANITARIAN TO PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION -- HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND THE IRANIAN SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY -- DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS AND HUMAN R ... -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT: THE CASE OF SAAD EDDIN IBRAHIM -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- THE MEETING -- WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE NETWORK'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- Vigilant Society -- Accurate Information -- Coordinated Interventions -- UNESCO Petitions -- Academic Freedom and Human Rights Education -- Discussion -- What is the Extent of the Network's Charge? -- Human Rights and Human Responsibility -- How Effective is the Network? -- A Private Network Web Site -- THE NETWORK'S CASES -- An Overview -- Individual Cases -- TESTIMONY OF TUNISIAN ENGINEER NIZAR CHAÂRI, A FORMER PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE SCIENTIFIC VOCATION: CASES, CONTEXTS, AND LESSONS FOR THE NETWORK -- Cultural Contexts -- Survival Values Versus Self-realization Values -- Abuse Prevention Measures -- Discussion -- THE TARGETING OF SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS FOR POLITICAL ASSASSINATION: CAN THE NETWORK HELP IN SUCH CASES? -- Discussion -- Strength in Numbers -- Importance of a Rapid Response Mechanism -- Addressing Terrorist Threats -- SUPPORTING THE INDEPENDENCE OF ACADEMIES AND SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES -- What features of independence can be threatened? -- What kinds of threats are there?.

Intro -- Contents -- 1. An Introduction to Healing in an Age of Indigenous Human Rights -- 2. Gendered Racialized Sexuality: The Formation of States -- 3. Felt Theory -- 4. The "Indian Problem": Anomie and Its Discontents -- 5. Therapeutic Nations -- 6. What Will Our Nation Be? -- 7. (Un)Making the Biopolitical Citizen -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

SCIENTISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN GUATEMALA -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Guatemala, An Overview -- CIVILIAN GOVERNMENTS -- A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE -- The Conflict -- Universities, Professors, and Students -- Disappearances -- The Myrna Mack Case -- THE COMMITTEES' WORK IN GUATEMALA -- VISIT TO GUATEMALA, JUNE 1991 -- The 1992 Mission -- TERMS OF REFERENCE -- GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVES -- The Mack Case -- Disappearances and Political Killings -- The Police and the Armed Forces -- Judicial System Officials -- Ministry of Public Health -- Office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights -- Presidential Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Policies -- UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS -- University of San Carlos -- Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences -- SERVICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS -- National Coordinating Committee of Guatemalan Widows -- Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese -- Christian Children's Fund -- Behrhorst Foundation -- Findings and Conclusions -- THE GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT -- NONGOVERNMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS -- INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT -- POLITICAL KILLINGS AND DISAPPEARANCES -- THE CASE OF MYRNA MACK -- SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH -- Appendix A The Committees -- COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS -- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- Appendix B Cases in Guatemala -- CASES PRESENTED ON MISSION -- Political Killings -- Disappearances -- ADDITIONAL CASES IN GUATEMALA -- Political Killings -- Disappearances -- Threats -- Other Human Rights Abuses -- Appendix C Members of the Delegation -- Appendix D Guatemalan Judicial Procedure and the Mack Case -- INITIAL INVESTIGATION -- THE PREPARATORY OR ''SUMARIO'' PHASE -- THE INTERMEDIATE OR "ABRE A JUICIO" PHASE -- THE ACCUSATORY PHASE -- THE APPELLATE PROCESS.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Human Rights and Foreign Policy -- 1. Humanitarianism and Commitment Termination -- 2. Suffering Christians in British-Ottoman Relations -- 3. Torture and Summary Execution in U.S.-Latin American Relations -- 4. Apartheid in U.S.-South African Relations -- 5. Human Rights and Vital Security -- 6. The Implications of Enforced Humanitarian Norms -- Notes -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Like the Home-Born among You -- When the Birds No Longer Hide -- The Bottom Line -- Forest and Ice -- Only a Plane Ride Away -- Saving Money while Saving Lives -- No Innocent Place -- David Trimble's Tears -- Appendix: How to Get Involved -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- Index.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword by Mary Ann Glendon -- Introduction -- PART ONE. RIGHTS IN THE CROSSHAIRS -- 1. Defining Human Rights -- 2. Some Needed Nuances -- 3. The Church and Human Rights -- PART TWO. THE CASE AGAINST RIGHTS -- 4. The Accusation of Nonexistence -- 5. The Accusation of Inseparability -- 6. The Accusation of Innovation -- PART THREE. A NEW SOLUTION TO AN OLD PROBLEM: THOMISTIC PERSONALISM -- 7. A Personalism Primer -- 8. The Person according to Personalism -- 9. Dignity and Its Due -- 10. The Two Loves -- 11. From Love to Human Rights -- 12. Christ and Human Dignity -- PART FOUR. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLASSICAL ETHICS -- 13. Natural Law -- 14. Natural Justice -- 15. Natural Rights in Classical Theory -- PART FIVE. TOWARD AN ETHICS OF SOLIDARITY -- 16. Who Is My Neighbor? -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-The Origins of a Crusade -- 1-Defining a Crusade, 1941-1943 -- 2-Implementing a Vision, 1943-1945 -- 3-A Conservative Revolution Begins, 1945-1948 -- 4-Opposition at Home and at theUnited Nations, 1948 -1951 -- 5United Nations Success Breeds Failure at Home,1945-1950 -- 6-The End of a Crusade, 1951-1953 -- Conclusion-The Impact of a Crusade, 1953-2011 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.