Concepts and Strategies in International Human Rights

Although the celebrations surrounding the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) highlighted some remarkable achievements in the human rights movement, the international community must remain cognizant of a whole new array of unprecedented challenges. These challenges relate to the relevance of the conceptual framework within which the human rights movement has been operating as well as to the need for effective strategies of promotion and protection.

Autorentext

The Editor: George J. Andreopoulos is Associate Professor of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Lecturer at Yale University. He is also Director of the Center for International Human Rights at John Jay College. Among his numerous publications are The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World (with Sir Michael Howard and Mark Shulman) and Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First Century (with Richard Pierre Claude).

Zusammenfassung
"This collection of eight essays on human rights written by top experts is readable, informative, and exciting. 'Concepts and Strategies in International Human Rights' demonstrates in a wide variety of ways the ever-growing importance of internationally recognized human rights. This book is useful to novices as well as to experts who have been involved in the exploding field of human rights." (Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.)

Inhalt
Contents: George J. Andreopoulos: Introduction: A Half Century After the Universal Declaration Richard Falk: The Challenges of Humane Governance Susan Waltz: Human Rights Standards and the Human Rights Movement in the Global South: The UDHR and Beyond Tom Farer: Rescuing Human Rights: The Prospects for Humanitarian Intervention George J. Andreopoulos: On the Prevention of Genocide: Humanitarian Intervention and the Role of the United Nations Lance Compa: A Glass Half Full: The NAFTA Labor Agreement and Cross-Border Labor Action Richard Pierre Claude: The Right to Education and Human Rights Education Lloyd S. Etheredge: A Strategy for Human Rights: Five Internet Projects That Can Change the World.