Human rights transformation in practice

by Destrooper, Tine Merry, Sally Engle

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Full title :Human rights transformation in practice / edited by Tine Despropper and Sally Engle Merry

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Pennsylvania Press
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 278 pages

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ISBN:9780812250572, 0812250575
oclc:on1099801288

Introduction. On travel, translation, and transformation / Tine Destrooper -- Ch. 1. The Escher-human rights escalator : technologies of the local / Vasuki Nesiah -- Ch. 2. Accommodating local human rights practice at the UN Human Rights Council / Arne Vandenbogaerde -- Ch. 3. Human rights-based approaches to development : the local, travel, and transformation / Wouter Vandenhole -- Ch. 4. Lost through translation : political dialectics of eco-social and collective rights in Ecuador / Johannes M. Waldmüller -- Ch. 5. Upstreaming or streamlining? Translating social movement agendas into legal claims in Nepal and the Dominican Republic / Samuel Martínez -- Ch. 6. New visibilities : challenging torture and impunity in Vietnam / Ken MacLean -- Ch. 7. Rural-urban migration and education in China : unraveling responses to injurious experiences / Ellen Desmet -- Ch. 8. Localization "light" : the travel and transformation of nonempowering human rights norms / Tine Destrooper -- Ch. 9. Global rights, local risk : community advocacy on right to health in China / Sara L.M. Davis and Charmain Mohamed