International human rights in context : law, politics, morals : text and materials /

Main Author: Steiner, Henry J.
Other Authors: Alston, Philip., Goodman, Ryan.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
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245 1 |a International human rights in context :  |b law, politics, morals : text and materials /  |c Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman. 
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300 1 |a xxxix, 1492 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographic references and indexes. 
505 1 |a Human rights concepts and discourse -- The human rights movement : background and birth -- Civil and political rights -- Economic and social rights -- National security, terrorism and limitations on human rights -- Rights or duties as organizing concepts -- Conflict in culture, tradition and practices : challenges to universalism -- Design and functions of international institutions, and issues of sovereignty -- The United Nations human rights system -- Treaty bodies : the ICCPR human rights committee -- Regional arrangements -- Vertical interpenetration : international human rights law within states' legal and political orders -- Horizontal interpenetration : transnational influence and enforcement of human rights -- Massive human rights tragedies : prosecutions and truth commissions -- Non-state actors and human rights -- Human rights, development and climate change. 
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700 1 |a Goodman, Ryan. 
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