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Protecting Human Rights
Todd Landman
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Description for Protecting Human Rights
Hardback. How are we to reconcile the language of rights with the reality? Do we live in an age of rights after all? This book provides a quantitative analysis of the marked gap between the principle and practice of human rights. Series: Advancing Human Rights S. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Ours has been called a global "age of rights," an era in which respect for human rights is considered the highest aspiration of the international democratic community. Since the United Nation's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a wide variety of protections—civil, political, economic, social, and cultural—have been given legal validation as countries ratify treaties, participate in intergovernmental organizations, and establish human rights tribunals and truth and reconciliation commissions. Yet notable human rights failures have marred the post-Declaration era, including ongoing state violence toward citizens, the selectivity of humanitarian intervention (evidenced by the international community's failure to respond ... Read more
Ours has been called a global "age of rights," an era in which respect for human rights is considered the highest aspiration of the international democratic community. Since the United Nation's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a wide variety of protections—civil, political, economic, social, and cultural—have been given legal validation as countries ratify treaties, participate in intergovernmental organizations, and establish human rights tribunals and truth and reconciliation commissions. Yet notable human rights failures have marred the post-Declaration era, including ongoing state violence toward citizens, the selectivity of humanitarian intervention (evidenced by the international community's failure to respond ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Advancing Human Rights S.
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589010642
SKU
V9781589010642
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About Todd Landman
Todd Landman is a senior lecturer in the department of government and member of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. He is the author of Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics and coauthor of Governing Latin America and Citizenship Rights and Social Movements.
Reviews for Protecting Human Rights
It is hard to imagine a more rigorous, systematic examination of the growth of the international human rights regime and its effect on human rights practice than Todd Landman’s Protecting Human Rights.
International Studies Review
An important and truly interdisciplinary work that will interest—and challenge—scholars and practitioners from various fields.
Political Studies Review
Protecting Human Rights ... Read more
International Studies Review
An important and truly interdisciplinary work that will interest—and challenge—scholars and practitioners from various fields.
Political Studies Review
Protecting Human Rights ... Read more