
Human Rights in Political Transitions
Gettysburg to Bosnia
MIT Press
Published on 3. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-890951-00-9 (ISBN)
Description
Arguments for transforming the human rights movement so that it can more effectively address new political realities.This book brings together prominent scholars and political activists to assess the evolution of the international human rights agenda since the end of the Cold War. It argues for a major reorientation of the objectives and strategies of the human rights community in light of the emergence of renewed and often virulent forms of political tyranny and civil conflict. For many years, the primary objective of human rights proponents has been to ensure the adoption, monitoring, and enforcement of international agreements. Our ability to enforce such agreements, however, presupposes cultures in which law is a basic element of the social order. Today the world must deal with extreme cases of human rights abuse-in places like Rwanda, Bosnia, Haiti, and Cambodia-that involve societies undergoing dramatic political transitions. In these countries violent conflict can be ended only by the establishment of new democratic regimes and the rule of law. In the post-Cold War era it has become increasingly clear that full protection of human rights depends upon the creation of such regimes. Organized around the themes of punishment, reconciliation, and law, the essays argue that the scope of human rights activism must expand beyond human rights agreements to active assistance for transitional societies in the reconstitution of civic and political order.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-890951-00-9 (9781890951009)
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