Non-State Actors in the Human Rights Universe / / ed. by George Andreopoulos, Peter Juviler, Zehra Kabasakal Arat.

• MitwirkendeR: Andreopoulos, George J.,; Arat, Zehra F. Kabasakal,; Bales, Kevin,; Braun, Rainer,; Davis, Dana-Ain,; Falk, Richard,; Fautré, Willy,; Gearhart, Judy,; Goodhart, Michael,; Gunderson, James L.,; Juviler, Peter,; Lansner, Thomas R.,; Macklin, Ruth,; Martin, J. Paul,; Nelson, Anne,; Page, Alice,; Spirer, Herbert F.,; Spirer, Louise,
• HerausgeberIn: Andreopoulos, George,; Arat, Zehra Kabasakal,; Juviler, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2006]; Kumarian Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Departing from analyses that focus on the role of the state in the arena of human rights, the authors of this original collection offer conceptually sophisticated, but accessible, discussions of the role and responsibility of nonstate actors with regard to the violation, promotion, and protection of human rights.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part I Theoretical Questions and Approaches -- 1 Looking beyond the State But Not Ignoring It: A Framework of Analysis for Non-State Actors and Human Rights -- 2 Human Rights and Non-State Actors: Theoretical Puzzles -- 3 Accounting for Human Rights Violations by Non-State Acto -- Part II The Role of Corporate Actors -- 4 Realizing Rights in the Work Place: Corporate Codes of Conduct and Empowerment from Below -- 5 Multinational Corporations as Non-State Actors in the Human Rights Arena -- 6 Royal Dutch Shell: How Deep the Changes? -- Part III Non-State Actors in Conflict Situations -- 7 Global Civil Society Actors and 9/11 -- 8 On the Accountability of Non-State Armed Groups -- IV Bio-ethics, Medicine, and Human Rights -- 9 The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights: Brave New World Revisited? -- 10 Affordable and Accessible Drugs for Developing Countries: Recent Developments -- 11 Prior Agreements in International Clinical Trials: Ensuring the Benefits of Research to Developing Countries -- V Cultural Forces, Practices, and Institutional Challenges -- 12 The News Media in the Arena of Human Rights -- 13 No Empty Vessel: Media Roles in Human Rights -- 14 Non-State Actors and the Challenge of Slavery -- 15 Violating Dignity: Welfare Reform, Black Women, and Non-State Violators -- 16 Non-State Actors and Religious Freedom in Europe -- Conclusion: Rethinking the Human Rights Universe -- Contributors -- Index