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Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction

By Andrew Clapham

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0199205523, 9780199205523
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
535 kB (547925 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Edition
1st
Pages
216\0
Time added
2015-12-10 08:03:42

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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