Contemporary Challenges in Securing Human Rights
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights offered at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, we are pleased to publish a commemorative edited volume on human rights themes authored by distinguished alumni and faculty.
The chapters reflect on cutting-edge challenges in the field of human rights. Topics include refugee protection, women's human rights, business and human rights, the role of national and international legal mechanisms and emerging themes such as tax justice, rights in the digital age, theories of change, and poetry.
It is a credit to the MA programme that the chapters are rich with critical analysis, diverse expertise and innovative approaches. This book will be essential reading for students of human rights and practitioners who can benefit from the insights into theory and practice offered here.
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Foreword James Manor
1. Introduction Corinne Lennox
2. Researching and studying human rights: interdisciplinary insight Damien Short
3. Human rights theory as solidarity José-Manuel Barreto
4. The social construction of Afro-descendant rights in Colombia Esther Ojulari
5. Bringing human rights home: refugees, reparation, and the responsibility to protect James Souter
6. Human rights and the new(ish) digital paradigm Gaia Marcus
7. Theories of change for human rights and for development Paul Gready
8. Shifting sands: a paradigm change in the development discourse on women's human rights and empowerment Catherine Klirodotakou
9. The role of human rights in diversity management and conflict prevention Sally Holt
10. Why tax is a human rights issue: empowering communities living in poverty to hold governments to account for public services Bridget Burrows
11. Technical cooperation in the field of human rights Farid Hamdan
12. Poetry for human rights Laila Sumpton
13. Transnational business human rights regulation and their effects upon human rights protection Sumi Dhanarajan
14. The impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice in the UK Smita Shah
15. Remedy Australia: because every human rights violation should be remedied Olivia Ball
16. Extraterritorial non-refoulement: intersections between human rights and refugee law David James Cantor
17. Rethinking Muslim women's equal rights: faith, property and empowerment M. Siraj Sait
18. Power of the law, power to the people: pursuing innovative legal strategies in human rights advocacy Tanja Venisnik
19. Domestic incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Marshall Islands Divine Waiti
20. The Inter-American Human Rights System: notable achievements and enduring challenges Par Engstrom
