International human rights : text and materials / Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman.

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Publication details:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Record id:
83466
Added title:
International human rights in context : law, politics and morals : text and materials.
Subject:
Human rights.
Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Contents:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Human rights concepts and discourse
The human rights regime : background and birth
Civil and political rights
Economic and social rights
National security, terrorism and the law of armed conflict
Rights or duties as organizing concepts
Conflict in culture, tradition and practices : challenges to universalism
The United Nations human rights system
Treaty bodies : the ICCPR Human Rights Committee
International human rights fact-finding
Regional arrangements
Vertical interpenetration : international human rights law within states' legal and political orders
Horizontal interpenetration : transnational influence and enforcement of human rights
Measuring and evaluating human rights performance
Massive human rights tragedies : prosecutions and truth commissions
Non-state actors and human rights
Human rights, development and climate change.
Note:
"The successor to International human rights in context: law, politics and morals."
Detailed table of contents available via online link.
Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199578726
Phys. description:
xxxix, 1580 p. : ill. ; 25 cm