Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface: A Note to the Reader -- A Note to the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I History and Theory -- 1 Human Rights in Global Politics: Historical Perspective -- 1 The Emergence of International Human Rights Norms -- 2 The Universal Declaration -- 3 The Covenants -- 4 The 1970s: From Standard Setting to Monitoring -- 5 The 1980s: Further Growth and Institutionalization -- 6 The 1990s: Consolidating Progress and Acting Against Genocide

7 Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century -- 8 The Global Human Rights Regime -- 9 The Plan of This Book -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- 2 Theories of Human Rights -- 1 Rights in General -- 2 Human Rights in Particular -- 3 The Source or Justification of Human Rights -- 4 Equal Concern and Respect -- 5 The Unity of Human Rights -- 6 Duties and Duty-Bearers of Human Rights -- 7 Human Rights and Related Practices -- 8 Sovereignty and International Society -- 9 Three Models of International Human Rights -- 10 The Realist Challenge to Human Rights

Problem 1: Democracy and Human Rights -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- 3 The Relative Universality of Human Rights -- 1 Universality and Relativity -- 2 International Legal Universality -- 3 Overlapping Consensus Universality -- 4 Functional Universality -- 5 Anthropological or Historical Relativity -- 6 Cultural Relativism -- 7 Universal Rights, Not Identical Practices -- 8 Universalism Without Imperialism -- 9 The Relativity and the Universality of Human Rights -- Problem 2: Hate Speech -- Problem 3: Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation -- Discussion Questions

Suggested Readings -- Notes -- 4 The Unity of Human Rights -- 1 Interdependent and Interrelated Rights -- 2 The Indivisibility of Human Rights -- 3 Politics, History, Theory, and Consensus -- 4 Three Generations of Human Rights? -- Problem 4: Human Rights: Hierarchical or Indivisible? -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- Part II Multilateral, Bilateral, and Transnational Action -- 5 Global Multilateral Mechanisms -- 1 The Human Rights Council -- 2 The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights -- 3 Treaty-Reporting Systems -- 4 Additional Global Multilateral Actors

5 Mainstreaming Human Rights Throughout the U.N.System -- 6 Case Study: The Special Procedures -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- 6 Regional Human Rights Regimes -- 1 The European Regional Regime -- 2 The Inter-American System -- 3 The African Regional Regime -- 4 Asia -- 5 The Arab World -- 6 Assessing Regional Human Rights Regimes -- 7 Case Study: Chile and the Inter-American Commission (Historical) -- 8 Case Study: The African Commission and LGBTQ Human Rights -- 9 Case Study: Indigenous Human Rights, Guatemala, and the Inter-American Commission -- Discussion Questions

"Fully updated, the sixth edition of International Human Rights examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to theory, history, international and regional institutions, and the role of transnational actors in the protection and promotion of human rights. Its purpose is to explore the difficult and contentious politics of human rights, and how those political dimensions have been addressed at the national, regional, and especially international levels. Key features include: Substantially revised throughout, including new material on LGBTQ rights in Africa, Indigenous peoples' rights in Guatemala, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, and a new chapter on human rights and development; In-text features such as discussion questions, suggested readings, case studies, and "problems" to promote classroom discussion and in-depth examination of topics; Concise yet clearly organised and comprehensive coverage of the topic. International Human Rights is essential reading for courses and modules in human rights, politics and international relations, law, criminal justice, sociology, social work, public administration, and international development"--