Human Rights: Universality in Practice

✍ Scribed by Peter R. Baehr (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 186
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Human rights are always a matter of law, but they are increasingly a matter of politics. Much lip-service is paid nowadays to the notion of human rights. At the same time they are being violated all over the world. Peter Baehr presents a succinct introduction to the key theoretical and practical issues that will serve as a useful primer for students and researchers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction ....Pages 1-8
Universalism versus Cultural Relativism....Pages 9-19
Gross and Systematic Violations....Pages 20-31
Economic and Social Rights....Pages 32-41
Collective Rights: the Right of Self-Determination....Pages 42-56
The United Nations Organs....Pages 57-71
Regional Supervisory Mechanisms....Pages 72-83
Foreign Policy....Pages 84-101
How to Deal with Past Violations....Pages 102-113
Non-Governmental Organizations....Pages 114-129
Concluding Observations....Pages 130-133
Back Matter....Pages 134-178

✦ Subjects

International Relations; Human Rights; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights