An edition of Human Rights (2007)

Human rights

a very short introduction

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An edition of Human Rights (2007)

Human rights

a very short introduction

Second edition; fully updated new edition.
  • 15 Want to read

Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This book, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies surrounding the movement. Discussing torture and arbitrary detention in the context of counter terrorism, Andrew Clapham also considers new challenges to human rights in the context of privacy, equality and the right to health. Looking at the philosophical justification for rights, the historical origins of human rights and how they are formed in law, Clapham explains what our human rights actually are, what they might be, and where the human rights movement is heading.

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Language
English
Pages
197

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Human rights: a very short introduction
2015, Oxford University Press
in English - Second edition; fully updated new edition.
Cover of: Human Rights
Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
July 6, 2007, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press
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Human Rights
2007, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

Looking at rights
Historical development and contemporary concerns
Human rights foreign policy and the role of the United Nations
Torture
Deprivations of life and liberty
Balancing rights: free speech and privacy
Food, education, health, housing and work
Discrimination and equality
The death penalty.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
Very short introductions -- 163, Very short introductions -- 163.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
341.48
Library of Congress
JC571 .C596 2015, K3240 .C58 2015, JC571

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 197 pages
Number of pages
197

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27202161M
ISBN 10
0198706162
ISBN 13
9780198706168
LCCN
2015941392
OCLC/WorldCat
929901861

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