The International Human Rights Movement : : A History / / Aryeh Neier.

A fascinating history of the international human rights movement as seen by one of its foundersDuring 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 agains...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©2013
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity ; 40
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Movement
  • 2. Putting Natural Law Principles into Practice
  • 3. What Are Rights?
  • 4. International Human Rights Law
  • 5. International Humanitarian Law
  • 6. Defying Communism
  • 7. Rights on the Other Side of the Cold War Divide
  • 8. Amnesty International
  • 9. Human Rights Watch
  • 10. The Worldwide Movement
  • 11. Accountability
  • 12. Rights after 9/11
  • 13. Going Forward
  • Notes
  • Index