Human Rights, Realities and Possibilities
Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Yugoslavia and Hungary
Published on 18. June 1990
XI, 304 pages
978-1-349-11602-7 (ISBN)
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Researching the problems of human rights implementation in Western and Eastern Europe, this book uses Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Yugoslavia, and Hungary, as case studies. Other works by the author include "Violence and the State", and "Political Disobedience".
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L.J. Macfarlane
Human Rights, Realities and Possibilities
Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Yugoslavia and Hungary
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12/1990
Palgrave Macmillan
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Content
Part 1 Human rights in Northern Ireland: background; responsibilty of the British government; plastic bullets; "shoot to kill" policy?; treatment of suspects and prisoners; liberty and security of the person; freedom of association - Sinn Fein; discrimination against Catholics. Part 2 Human rights in the Republic of Ireland: background; liberty and security of the person; ill-treatment of suspects and prisoners; freedom of association - Sinn Fein; freedom of expression - Sinn Fein; discrimination against Protestants. Part 3 Human rights in Yugoslavia: nationalism and discrimination; rule of law; independence of the judiciary; ill-treatment of suspects and prisoners; freedom of expression; freedom of religious belief; freedom of association. Part 4 Human rights in Hungary: background - pre-1956; background - post-1956; political structure - party and state; political pluralism; rule of law; right to life; ill-treatment of suspects and prisoners; enforced labour; freedom of religious belief; freedom of movement; freedom of expression; freedom of association ans assembly; rights of minorities. Part 5: right to self-determination; primacy of the Rule of Law; progressive realization of civil and political rights; human rights - realities and possibilities.
