"This is the definitive history of a nongovernmental organization based in Geneva and well known to specialists on human rights."--Choice Since its founding in 1952, the International Commission of Jurists has inspired the international human rights movement with persistent demands that governments obey the rule of law. "For historical detail, systematic analysis, and practical prescriptions for effective NGO action, Howard Tolley, Jr. has set a high standard in a much needed field of scholarly work. The research invested in this volume yields a workmanlike study which shows...
"This is the definitive history of a nongovernmental organization based in Geneva and well known to specialists on human rights."--Choice Since...
"When the army comes out, it is to kill." Augusto Pinochet
Following his bloody September 1973 coup d'etat that overthrew President Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Armed Forces and National Police, became head of a military junta that would rule Chile for the next seventeen years. The violent repression used by the Pinochet regime to maintain power and transform the country's political profile and economic system has received less attention than the Argentine military dictatorship, even though the Pinochet regime endured twice as long.
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"When the army comes out, it is to kill." Augusto Pinochet
Following his bloody September 1973 coup d'etat that overthrew President Salvador ...
The Khmer Rouge held power in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and aggressively pursued a policy of radical social reform that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians through mass executions and physical privation. In January 1979, the government was overthrown by former Khmer Rouge functionaries, with substantial backing from the army of Vietnam. In August of that year a special court, the People's Revolutionary Tribunal, was constituted to try two of the Khmer Rouge government's most powerful leaders, Pol Pot and Ieng Sary. The charge against them was genocide as it was...
The Khmer Rouge held power in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and aggressively pursued a policy of radical social reform that resulted in the deaths of hun...
The proliferation of nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, is one of the most striking features of contemporary international politics. While states remain the major protectors--and abusers--of human rights, NGOs such as Amnesty International have emerged as central players in the promotion of human rights around the world.
As advocacy organizations, human rights NGOs work with or against governments in developing agendas for action. Through treaty negotiations with governments, they seek to establish international standards for state behavior. To mobilize public opinion, they...
The proliferation of nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, is one of the most striking features of contemporary international politics. While sta...
Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Relations Defining and Defending National Interests Ming Wan "Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand why human rights advocacy has failed in international relations."--Asia and Pacific Few issues in the relations between China and the West invoke as much passion as human rights. At stake, however, are much more than moral concerns and hurt national feelings. To Washington, the undemocratic nature of the Chinese government makes it ultimately suspect on all issues. To Beijing, the human rights pressure exerted by the West on China seems...
Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Relations Defining and Defending National Interests Ming Wan "Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand why h...
Giving Meaning to Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Edited by Isfahan Merali and Valerie Oosterveld The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, arguably the founding document of the human rights movement, fully embraces economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as civil and political rights, within its text. However, for most of the fifty years since the Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, the focus of the international community has been on civil and political rights. This focus has slowly shifted over the past two decades. Recent international...
Giving Meaning to Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Edited by Isfahan Merali and Valerie Oosterveld The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, arg...
Human Rights Under African Constitutions Realizing the Promise for Ourselves Edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im "The contributors maintain that a well-informed citizenry is the most powerful (and likely only) force for creating the political will necessary to effect change at the national level. There is no sitting on the fence. . . . The fundamental belief here is that human rights will only be realized once the African people claim their rights, make them their own, and demand their respect."--Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights Some of the most massive and persistent violations of...
Human Rights Under African Constitutions Realizing the Promise for Ourselves Edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im "The contributors maintain that a well...
The Origins of Justice: The Evolution of Morality, Human Rights, and Law presents a view of human origins and nature that is radically different from that of the prevailing Western paradigm. John O'Manique's view shifts the emphasis from a negative characterization, in which humans are primarily aggressive and solitary, to a more positive picture of human origins within social communities, in which empathy and mutual care are just as natural and effective as selfish, competitive behavior. Drawing from neo-Darwinian theory and research on evolution, O'Manique develops hypotheses on...
The Origins of Justice: The Evolution of Morality, Human Rights, and Law presents a view of human origins and nature that is radically diffe...
A Force Profonde The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights Edited by Edward A. Kolodziej "An excellent contemporary evaluation of the relevant social and political dynamics impacting human rights in various corners of the globe at the onset of the twenty-first century."--Choice "This discussion of the human rights condition of the world is better than any other volume I have seen. The volume succeeds in showing the contending forces at work--the political and power context within which efforts to enhance human rights operate, and the cultural and structural conditions that shape...
A Force Profonde The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights Edited by Edward A. Kolodziej "An excellent contemporary evaluation of the relevant ...
Offering a distinctive and subtle analysis of tensions between government policies on religious matters and feminism, Halperin-Kaddari shows how women in Israel indeed have a state of their own--in the sense not of liberating refuge but of unfair marginalization. When Israel declared its independence in 1948, it vowed to ensure equality for all citizens, regardless of religion, race, or gender. History shows, however, that this promise has been broken in the case of women, who generally live under circumstances significantly worse than those of men. Women in Israel is the first comprehensive...
Offering a distinctive and subtle analysis of tensions between government policies on religious matters and feminism, Halperin-Kaddari shows how women...
