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Alston, Philip,

International human rights : text and materials / Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman - xxxix, 1580 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"The successor to International human rights in context: law, politics and morals."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Human rights concepts and discourse -- The human rights regime : background and birth -- Civil and political rights -- Economic and social rights -- National security, terrorism and the law of armed conflict -- Rights or duties as organizing concepts -- Conflict in culture, tradition and practices : challenges to universalism -- The United Nations human rights system -- Treaty bodies : the ICCPR Human Rights Committee -- International human rights fact-finding -- Regional arrangements -- Vertical interpenetration : international human rights law within states' legal and political orders -- Horizontal interpenetration : transnational influence and enforcement of human rights -- Measuring and evaluating human rights performance -- Massive human rights tragedies : prosecutions and truth commissions -- Non-state actors and human rights -- Human rights, development and climate change

"The successor to International human rights in context : law, politics and morals."

ISBN: 9780199578726 0199578729

LCCN: 2012538148

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB261616 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights.
Human rights--Moral and ethical aspects.

LC Class. No.: K3240 / .A4418 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 341.48