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Human rights : a very short introduction / Andrew Clapham.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 163.Analytics: Show analyticsEdition: Second editionDescription: xviii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780198706168
  • 0198706162
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.48 23
  • 323 23
LOC classification:
  • K3240 .C58 2015
  • JC571 .C596 2015
Contents:
Looking at rights -- Historical development and contemporary concerns -- Human rights foreign policy and the role of the United Nations -- Torture -- Deprivations of life and liberty -- Balancing rights: free speech and privacy -- Food, education, health, housing and work -- Discrimination and equality -- The death penalty.
Summary: Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This book, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies surrounding the movement. Discussing torture and arbitrary detention in the context of counter terrorism, Andrew Clapham also considers new challenges to human rights in the context of privacy, equality and the right to health. Looking at the philosophical justification for rights, the historical origins of human rights and how they are formed in law, Clapham explains what our human rights actually are, what they might be, and where the human rights movement is heading.Other editions: Revision of: Clapham, Andrew. Human rights.
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"Fully updated new edition"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index.

Looking at rights -- Historical development and contemporary concerns -- Human rights foreign policy and the role of the United Nations -- Torture -- Deprivations of life and liberty -- Balancing rights: free speech and privacy -- Food, education, health, housing and work -- Discrimination and equality -- The death penalty.

Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This book, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies surrounding the movement. Discussing torture and arbitrary detention in the context of counter terrorism, Andrew Clapham also considers new challenges to human rights in the context of privacy, equality and the right to health. Looking at the philosophical justification for rights, the historical origins of human rights and how they are formed in law, Clapham explains what our human rights actually are, what they might be, and where the human rights movement is heading.

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