Negotiating Sovereignty and Human Rights: Actors and Issues in Contemporary Human Rights Politics

Cox, Michaelene

ISBN 10: 0754677192 / ISBN 13: 9780754677192

Published by Routledge, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Negotiating Sovereignty and Human Rights: Actors and Issues in Contemporary Human Rights Politics
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754677192
• ISBN 13: 9780754677192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Providing an overview of institutional developments and innovations in human rights politics, this volume discusses some of the most important current and emerging human rights issues. It takes stock of the initiatives, policy responses and innovations of past years to identify some of the challenges that will likely require bold and innovative solutions. The contributors focus on actors and/or issues that are outside the mainstream of international human rights politics; the chapters address issues that have only emerged as an important part of the international human rights agenda and generated much advocacy, diplomacy and negotiations since the end of the Cold War. These issues include: the International Criminal Court, the norm of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), the proliferation of small arms and light weapons and its human rights impact, truth commissions, and the rights of persons with disabilities. The contributions offer a direct challenge to entrenched notions of state sovereignty and represent a departure from established ways of policy making.

About the Author

Dr Noha Shawki is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at the Illinois State University, USA. Dr Michaelene Cox is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at the Illinois State Universtiy, USA.