New Directions in Human Rights /
New Directions in Human Rights examines the contemporary and future role of international law and practice in the "real world." Written by both practitioners and scholars, the book describes the successes and failures of the international human rights movement in a comprehensive and pragma...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I. EMERGING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS AND PROCEDURES
- 1. The Limits of Sovereignty and Majority Rule: Minorities, Indigenous Peoples, and the Right to Autonomy
- 2. United Nations Machineries on Women's Rights: How Might They Better Help Women Whose Rights are Being Violated?
- 3. Prospects for the Development of Intergovernmental Human Rights Bodies in Asia and the Pacific
- PART II. HUMAN RIGHTS AND ARMED CONFLICT
- 4. Ways International Organizations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Situations of Armed Conflict
- 5. Genocide and the International Community: The Case of Sabra and Shatila
- PART III. DOMESTIC APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
- 6. Lawyers Pro Bono Publico: Using International Human Rights Law on Behalf of the Poor
- 7. The Relationship of International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law to the Political Offense Exception to Extradition
- PART IV. REDRESSING PAST ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- 8. The International Legal Consequences of Torture, Extra- Legal Execution, and Disappearance
- 9. After the Elections: Compensating Victims of Human Rights Abuses
- PART V. THE FRANK NEWMAN FILE
- 10. Creative and Dynamic Strategies for Using United Nations Institutions and Procedures: The Frank Newman File
- Appendix: Citations of Major International Human Rights Instruments
- Contributors
- Index