The International Human Rights Movement: A History (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity) - Softcover

Neier, Aryeh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 069120098X ISBN 13: 9780691200989

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2020

Synopsis

A fascinating history of the international human rights movement as seen by one of its founders

During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in struggles against totalitarian regimes 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, 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 an insider’s perspective on the movement’s goals, the disputes about its mission, its rise to international importance, and the challenges to come. This updated edition includes a new preface by the author.

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About the Author

Aryeh Neier is president emeritus of the Open Society Foundations. Previously he was executive director of Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union. His many books include Taking Liberties and War Crimes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 069120098X
• ISBN 13: 9780691200989
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 388