A Buddhist activist who worked to expose human rights abuses by the Chinese government on Tibetan citizens describes his meditation studies, courier work exchanging messages between his teacher and the Dalai Lama, and the loss of faith that is beeing enduced by Tibets occupiers
This book explores the interface between intellectual property and human rights law and policy. The relationship between these two fields has captured the attention of governments, policymakers, and activist communities in a diverse array of international and domestic political …
Writers on human dignity roughly divide between those who stress the social origins of this concept and its role in marking rank and hierarchy, and those who follow Kant in grounding dignity in an abstract and idealized philosophical conception of human beings. In these lectures…
Fiona de Londras presents an overview of counter-terrorist detention in the US and the UK and the attempts by both states to achieve a downward recalibration of international human rights standards as they apply in an emergency. Arguing that the design and implementation of this…
Why, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise? Why are unaccompanied migrant children living on the streets and routinely threatened with deportation to their countries of origin? Why do so many young refugees of war-ravaged and failed states end up wareh…
Forcing the Spring begins on Election Night 2008, when a controversial California ballot initiative called Proposition 8--which removed the right of gay men and women to marry--passed alongside Barack Obama's stunning victory. Forcing the Spring details how a small but determine…
Unholy Alliance: Greece and Milosevic's Serbia
Grækenlands uheldige alliance med Milocevic. Det tætte samarbejde mellem Athen og serberne under krigene på Balkan under en fælles ortodoks paraply analyseres af den græske journalist og samfundsforsker Takis Michas for at finde forklaringen på, hvad der fik Grækenland til til s…
Sadam Hussein er ikke nogen almindelig diktator, og forholdene i Irak kan bedst sammenlignes med de fascistiske systemer, Europa rummede så mange af i 1930'erne - i en særlig mellemøstlig aftapning: Baath-partiet.
This third edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and national levels, with separate chapters …
In recent years, the UN Human Rights Council has approved the 'Respect, Protect, and Remedy' Framework and endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. These developments have been welcomed widely, but do they adequately address the challenges concerning the hum…
"Wait--what's wrong with rights? It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies of lesbian and gay rights organizations by agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee nondiscrimination and…
Introduction: Human rights NGOs, world politics and international law Part I. 1952-1955 : Cold warriors against socialist legality 1. Recruting Free World Jurists Part II. 1956-1963: Liberal idealists for the rule of law 2. Organizing a Global network 3. Defining the Rule o…
Liberal democracies have always accepted the need to go to war, despite the fact that war can undermine liberal values. Wars may be won or lost, not only on the battlefield, but in the perceptions of the publics who pay for them. Presentation is therefore increasingly important.…
Foreword - Sonia Picado Sotela 1. Women's International Human Rights Law: The Way Forward - Rebecca J. 2. To Bellow like a Cow: Women, Ethnicity, and the Discourse of Rights 3. What are "Women's International Human Rights"? Hilary Charlesworth 4. State Responsibility Goes Pr…
An examination of Sharia law and its incompatibility with Western-derived concepts of human rights
