Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Clapham, Andrew

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9780199205523: Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0199205523 ISBN 13: 9780199205523
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Andrew Clapham is Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199205523
ISBN 13 
9780199205523
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
216
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