Human Rights
A Very Short Introduction
(Sprache: Englisch)
What are our human rights? What are their philosophical justifications and historical origins? Focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, and discrimination, this Very Short Introduction discusses the controversies and...
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What are our human rights? What are their philosophical justifications and historical origins? Focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, and discrimination, this Very Short Introduction discusses the controversies and complexities behind these vitally relevant issues.
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What are our human rights? What are their philosophical justifications and historical origins? Focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, and discrimination, this Very Short Introduction discusses the controversies and complexities behind these vitally relevant issues.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Human Rights “
- Preface
- 1: Looking at rights
- 2: Historical development and contemporary concerns
- 3: Human rights foreign policy and the role of the United Nations
- 4: Torture
- 5: Deprivations of life and liberty
- 6: Balancing rights - free speech and privacy
- 7: Food, education, health, housing, and work
- 8: Discrimination and equality
- 9: The death penalty
- Final remarks
- References
- Further reading
- Annex: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Andrew Clapham
Andrew Clapham is Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. Before he joined the Graduate Institute of International Studies Institute in 1997, he was the Representative of Amnesty International to the United Nations in New York. He was the Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights from 2006 until 2014. His publications include The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary, co-edited with Paola Gaeta and Marco Sassòli, (OUP 2015) and The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict, co-edited with Paola Gaeta (OUP 2014).Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Andrew Clapham
- 2015, 2nd Edition, 224 Seiten, 15 Abbildungen, Maße: 10,8 x 17,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198706162
- ISBN-13: 9780198706168
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.10.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
A highly suitable starting point for students of law, moral and ethical philosophy, history and politics. And, of course, activists in civil society movements or those who seek an accessible introduction to human rights and their relevance to current events. Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers
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