International Human Rights in the 21st Century
Protecting the Rights of Groups
Published on 1. September 2004
240 pages
979-8-216-32353-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Universal Declaration for Human Rights was approved in 1948 and yet more than fifty years later some human rights-especially the rights of groups such as women, minorities, and indigenous peoples-continue to be at risk. This book examines recent humanitarian catastrophes involving such groups and suggests how the society of states may develop a collective capacity for human rights enforcement. Above all, it emphasizes the long term efforts to stabilize weak or failing societies and to develop democratic governments on which the protection of human rights ultimately depends.
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Gene M. Lyons | James Mayall
International Human Rights in the 21st Century
Protecting the Rights of Groups
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01/2003
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Gene M. Lyons is senior fellow at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College.
James Mayall is Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge.
James Mayall is Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge.
Content
Part 1 I From Individual to Group Rights
Chapter 2 Stating the Problem of Group Rights
Chapter 3 In Defense of the Universal Declaration Model
Part 4 II The Case for Group Rights
Chapter 5 Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism
Chapter 6 Indigenous Rights
Chapter 7 Protecting the Human Rights of Women
Part 8 III The Role of International Society
Chapter 9 Human Rights in Weak, Divided, and Threatened States
Chapter 10 Enforcing Human Rights
Chapter 11 Human Rights and International Politics
Chapter 2 Stating the Problem of Group Rights
Chapter 3 In Defense of the Universal Declaration Model
Part 4 II The Case for Group Rights
Chapter 5 Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism
Chapter 6 Indigenous Rights
Chapter 7 Protecting the Human Rights of Women
Part 8 III The Role of International Society
Chapter 9 Human Rights in Weak, Divided, and Threatened States
Chapter 10 Enforcing Human Rights
Chapter 11 Human Rights and International Politics
