International Human Rights in Context

The third edition of International Human Rights in Context continues to bring sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis to the study of human rights within its wider social and cultural context. This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary coursebook presents a diverse range of carefully edited primary and secondary materials alongside extensive text, editorial commentary, and study questions. Within its conceptual framework, the book thoroughly covers the major topics of international human rights: the basic characteristics of international law; evolution of the human rights movement movement; civil, political, economic and social rights; the humanitarian laws of war; globalization; self-determination; women's rights; universalism and cultural relativisim; intergovernmental and nongovernmental institutions; implementation and enforcement; internal application of human rights norms; and the spread of constitutionalism.The third edition has been considerably revised and restructured to incoroprate new themes and topics including: human rights in relation to terrorism amd national security; responsibility of nonstate actors for human rights violations; recent substantial changes in sources and processes of international law; achieved and potential reforrm within UN human rights institution; theories about international organizations and their influence on state behavior. Its scope, challenging enquiries, and clarity make it the ideal companion for human rights students, scholars, advocates and practitioners alike. Online Resource Centre The third edition is accompanied by a new Online Resource Centre housing a documents supplement, a selection of documents essential to an understanding of materials in different parts of the coursebook.

ISBN 019927942X   Pages 1536 ISBN13 9780199279425 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 1974 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780198298496 Publication date 13 Sep 2007   Height (mm) 240 Library of Congress 2007031907   Width (mm) 170 DEWEY 341.48   Spine width (mm) 55 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

Pt. A		Introductory notions and background to international human rights movement
1		Human rights concepts and discourse		3
2		The human rights movement : background and birth		58
Pt. B		Normative foundations of international human rights
3		Civil and political rights		151
4		Economic and social rights		261
5		National security, terrorism and limitations on human rights		375
Pt. C		Rights, duties and dilemmas of universalism
6		Rights or duties as organizing concepts		475
7		Conflict in culture, tradition and practices : challenges to universalism		517
Pt. D		International human rights organizations
8		Design and functions of international institutions, and issues of sovereignty		669
9		The United Nations human rights system		735
10		Treaty bodies : the ICCPR Human Rights Committee		844
11		Regional arrangements		925
Pt. E		States as protectors and enforcers of human rights
12		Vertical interpenetration : international human rights law within states' legal and political orders		1087
13		Horizontal interpenetration : transnational influence and enforcement of human rights		1156
Pt. F		Current topics
14		Massive human rights tragedies : prosecutions and truth commissions		1243
15		Non-state actors and human rights		1385
16		Human rights, development and climate change		1433

"An indispensable tool for training the next generation of human rights practitioners, advocates, and scholars."--Theodor Meron, New York University School of Law

"Exposes the sharp contradictions and dilemmas in the human rights movement, without concessions to political correctness or rushing to answers . . . today's debates are openly tackled. The book will long remain the yardstick by which others must be judged."--Makau wa Mutua, State University of NewYork at Buffalo

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