International Human Rights in Context Law, Politics, Morals

by Steiner, Henry J.; Alston, Philip; Goodman, Ryan

• ISBN13: 9780199279425
• ISBN10: 019927942X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary coursebook presents a diverse range of carefully edited primary and secondary materials alongside extensive text, editorial commentary, and study questions. International Human Rights in Context , Third Edition, thoroughly covers the basic characteristics of international law; evolution of the human rights movement; civil, political, economic, and social rights; the humanitarian laws of war; globalization; self-determination; women's rights; universalism and cultural relativism; intergovernmental and nongovernmental institutions; implementation and enforcement; internal application of human rights norms; and the spread of constitutionalism. Extensively revised and restructured, this third edition incorporates new themes and topics including human rights in relation to terrorism and national security; responsibility of non-state actors for human rights violations; recent substantial changes in sources and processes of international law; achieved and potential reform within UN human rights institutions; and theories about international organizations and their influence on state behavior. It is also accompanied by a website housing the Annex of Documents. Its scope, challenging enquiries, and clarity make International Human Rights in Context, Third Edition, an indispensable resource for human rights students, scholars, advocates, and practitioners alike.

Author Biography

Henry J. Steiner is Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law and Director of the Law School Human Rights Program, Harvard University.
Philip Alston is Professor of Law at New York University Law School.
Ryan Goodman is J. Sinclair Armstrong Assistant Professor on International, Foreign and Comparative Law at the Harvard Law School.

Table of Contents

Contemporary Human Rights: Background And Content
Introduction to Human Rights Issues and Discourse
Up to Nuremberg: Background to the Human Rights Movement
Civil and Political Rights	p. 4
Economic and Social Rights
Rights, Duties and Cultural Relativism
Conflicting Traditions and Rights: Illustrations
International Human Rights Organizations
The Need for International Institutions and their Challenge to Notions of Sovereignty
Intergovernmental Enforcement of Human Rights Norms: The United Nations System
Treaty Organs: The ICCPR Human Rights Committee
Regional Arrangements
Civil Society: Human Rights NGOs and Other Groups
States As Protectors And Enforcers Of Human Rights
Interpenetration of International and National Systems: Internal Protection of Human Rights by States
Enforcement by States against Violator States
Current Topics
Massive Human Rights Tragedies: Prosecutions and Truth Commissions
Self-determination and Autonomy Regimes
Globalization, Development, and Human Rights
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