The International Human Rights Movement
A History
(Sprache: Englisch)
During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in the struggle against totalitarian regimes, cruelties in wars, and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent...
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During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in the struggle against totalitarian regimes, cruelties in wars, and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. In The International Human Rights Movement, Aryeh Neier--a leading figure and a founder of the contemporary movement--offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. Neier combines analysis with personal experience, and gives a unique insider's perspective on the movement's goals, the disputes about its mission, and its rise to international importance.
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During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in the struggle against totalitarian regimes, cruelties in wars, and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. In The International Human Rights Movement, Aryeh Neier--a leading figure and a founder of the contemporary movement--offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. Neier combines analysis with personal experience, and gives a unique insider's perspective on the movement's goals, the disputes about its mission, and its rise to international importance.
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Acknowledgments vii Chapter 1: The Movement 1 Chapter 2: Putting Natural Law Principles into Practice 26 Chapter 3: What Are Rights? 57 Chapter 4: International Human Rights Law 93 Chapter 5: International Humanitarian Law 117 Chapter 6: Defying Communism 138 Chapter 7: Rights on the Other Side of the Cold War Divide 161 Chapter 8: Amnesty International 186 Chapter 9: Human Rights Watch 204 Chapter 10: The Worldwide Movement 233 Chapter 11: Accountability 258 Chapter 12: Rights after 9/11 285 Chapter 13: Going Forward 318 Notes 335 Index 359
Autoren-Porträt von Aryeh Neier
Aryeh Neier has been president of the Open Society Foundations since 1993. Prior to that, he was a founder and executive director of Human Rights Watch and executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. A contributor to many major publications, he is the author of Taking Liberties and War Crimes, among other books.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Aryeh Neier
- 2012, 392 Seiten, Maße: 16,7 x 24,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691135150
- ISBN-13: 9780691135151
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.05.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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"This is a valuable, lucid, and timely account of the international human rights movement. Neier has the unique authority to guide the public's understanding of this complex landscape, and his book is full of information, vision, and wisdom."--Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University
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