International Human Rights Movement A History

Name: International Human Rights Movement A History
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ISBN: 9780691135151

ISBN-10: 0691135150

ISBN-13: 9780691135151

Edition: 2012

Authors: Aryeh Neier

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During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in the struggle against totalitarian regimes, cruelties in wars, and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. InThe International Human Rights Movement, Aryeh Neier--a leading figure and a founder of the contemporary movement--offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. Neier combines analysis with personal experience, and gives a unique insider's perspective on the movement's goals, the…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/4/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 392
Size: 0.10" wide x 0.10" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Movement



Putting Natural Law Principles into Practice



What Are Rights?



International Human Rights Law



International Humanitarian Law



Defying Communism



Rights on the Other Side of the Cold War Divide



Amnesty International



Human Rights Watch



The Worldwide Movement



Accountability



Rights after 9/11



Going Forward


Notes


Index