Contemporary Human Rights Challenges: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Continuing Relevance

ISBN-13: 9780367481506 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 236 str.

Carla Ferstman; Tony Gray

Opis

This new collection of essays by academics, practitioners and activists will bring a contemporary perspective to the original principles proclaimed in the Declaration’s 30 Articles. They cover a wide range of topics such as an individual’s right to privacy in a digital age, freedom to practise one’s religion and the right to redress.

Spis treści

1: Foreword;  2: Cosmopolitan Vision, Civilised Sensibility, and Moral Passion: In Honour of Clemens N. Nathan (1933-2015);  3: List of Contributors;  4: Introduction to the Volume;  5: Section I: Reflections on the Foundation Blocks, the Pediment which Binds the Structure Together and Several Cross-Cutting Themes;  6: Section II: The Rights of an Individual;  7: Section III: The Rights of Individual in Civil and Political Society;  8: Section IV: Spiritual, public and political freedoms;  9: Section V: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;  10: Section VI: The Challenge of Hope;  11: Appendices;  12: Index