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Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction

By Andrew , Clapham

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780199205523, 0199205523
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16271851 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Pages
193\210
Time added
2020-11-29 04:31:57
Nonfiction;Politics;Law;Philosophy;History;Politic

Description

From the controversial incarceration of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, to the brutal ethnic cleansing being practiced in Darfur, to the widespread denial of equal rights to women in many areas of the world, human rights violations are a constant presence in the news and in our lives. Taking an international perspective, and focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, health, and discrimination, this Very Short Introduction will help readers to understand for themselves the controversies and complexities behind this vitally relevant issue. Looking at the philosophical justification for rights, the historical origins of human rights and how they are formed in law, Andrew Clapham explains what our human rights actually are, what they might be, and where the human rights movement is heading.

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