Why Human Rights Still Matter in Contemporary Global Affairs

ISBN-13: 9780367901455 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 380 str.

Mahmood Monshipouri

Opis

This book elucidates why human rights still matter in contemporary global affairs, and what can lead to better protection of international human rights in a post-liberal order.

Spis treści

List of Contributors  Acknowledgements  1. Why Human Rights Still Matter in Contemporary World Affairs  Part I: Framing the Human Rights Discourse  2. How Do Human Rights Matter?  3. Broadening Human Rights: The Case for a Pluralistic Approach  4. Making Human Rights Meaningful Through Practice: Lessons From the Middle East  5. Assessing Regional Human Rights Systems: from Convergence to Divergence  Part II: Human Rights Practice: Legal and Moral Responsibility  6. State Responsibility and International Law  7. Human Rights and Humanitarian Action Will Endure: The Case of International Committee of the Red Cross  8. Denial and Debilitation: Environmental Rights and the Harm of Climate Change Denial  9. Transitional Justice: From Accountability to Peace  Part III: Protecting Economic Rights in a Globalizing World  10. Labor Rights as Human Rights: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Implications  11. The Trajectory of the Right to Food in Brazil: The Debate Between Means and Access  12. Social Movements, Development Policy, and Human Rights  13. Migrant Workers and Human Rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries  14. Human Rights and Inequality  Part IV: Human Rights Challenges in a Fractured, Violent, and Intolerant World  15. Threats to Freedom of the Press  16. Addressing Religious Intolerance in an Increasingly Illiberal World  17. Neoliberalism and Women’s Rights  18. Climate Refugees, Forced Migrants, and the Syrian Crisis  Part V: The Way Forward  19. The Resilience of Rights in a Post-Liberal World  Selected Bibliography  Index