Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The twilight of human rights law / Eric A. Posner.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Inalienable rights seriesDescription: x, 185 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780199313440
  • 019931344X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.08/5 23
LOC classification:
  • K3240 .P69 2014
Contents:
The history of international human rights law -- The law and institutions of human rights -- Why do states enter into human rights treaties? -- Do states comply with human rights treaties? -- Why do states comply (or not comply) with human rights treaties? -- Human rights and war -- A fresh start : human rights and development.
Summary: Countries solemnly intone their commitment to human rights, and they ratify endless international treaties and conventions designed to signal that commitment. At the same time, there has been no marked decrease in human rights violations, even as the language of human rights has become the dominant mode of international moral criticism. Posner argues that purposefully unenforceable human rights treaties are at the heart of the world's failure to address human rights violations.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Cover image Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info URL Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds Item hold queue priority Course reserves
Books African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library on order (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index.

The history of international human rights law -- The law and institutions of human rights -- Why do states enter into human rights treaties? -- Do states comply with human rights treaties? -- Why do states comply (or not comply) with human rights treaties? -- Human rights and war -- A fresh start : human rights and development.

Countries solemnly intone their commitment to human rights, and they ratify endless international treaties and conventions designed to signal that commitment. At the same time, there has been no marked decrease in human rights violations, even as the language of human rights has become the dominant mode of international moral criticism. Posner argues that purposefully unenforceable human rights treaties are at the heart of the world's failure to address human rights violations.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights | For Inquiries Contact » +255 272 510 510