World Report 2014
Events of 2013
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
680 pages
978-1-4473-1848-4 (ISBN)
Description
Human Rights Watch's World Report 2014 is the global rights watchdog's flagship 24th annual review of global trends and news in human rights. An invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, it features not only incisive country surveys but also hard-hitting essays highlighting key human rights issues and striking photo essays by award-winning photographers.
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Reviews / Votes
"The reports of the New York-based Human Rights Watch have become extremely important. . . . Cogent and eminently practical, these reports have gone far beyond an account of human rights abuses." Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books "An attempt to bring rationality where emotion tends to dominate." Simon Jenkins, former editor of The TimesMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-1848-4 (9781447318484)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
02/2014
1st Edition
Policy Press
€67.99
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Person
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, headed by Executive Director Kenneth Roth, is one of the world's leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, and operates in more than eighty countries. Its annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.
Content
Foreword;
Rights Struggles of 2013 ~ Kenneth Roth;
The Human Rights Case for Drug Reform ~ Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno;
Putting Development to Rights ~ David Mepham;
The Right Whose Time Has Come (Again) ~ Dinah PoKempner;
Photo Essays;
Africa;
Americas;
Asia;
Europe and Central Asia;
Middle East and North Africa;
United States and Canada;
2013 Human Rights Watch Publications.
Rights Struggles of 2013 ~ Kenneth Roth;
The Human Rights Case for Drug Reform ~ Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno;
Putting Development to Rights ~ David Mepham;
The Right Whose Time Has Come (Again) ~ Dinah PoKempner;
Photo Essays;
Africa;
Americas;
Asia;
Europe and Central Asia;
Middle East and North Africa;
United States and Canada;
2013 Human Rights Watch Publications.