Human Rights

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.

Autorentext
PETER R. BAEHR is Emeritus Professor of Human Rights, Utrecht University. He has served as staff director and later member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. He serves in an advisory position on human rights to the Dutch Government. He is co-publisher of The United Nations at the End of the 1990 .

Inhalt
Preface to the Paperback Edition Preface Introduction Universalism Versus Cultural Relativism Gross and Systematic Violations Economic and Social Rights Collective Rights: The Right of Self-Determination The United Nations Organs Regional Mechanisms Foreign Policy How to Deal with past Violations Non-Governmental Organizations Concluding Observations Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Notes Bibliography Index