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New Directions in Human Rights / Ellen L. Lutz, Kathryn J. Burke, Hurst Hannum. - Reprint 2016 - 1 online resource (246 p.)

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Limits of Sovereignty and Majority Rule: Minorities, Indigenous Peoples, and the Right to Autonomy -- 2. United Nations Machineries on Women's Rights: How Might They Better Help Women Whose Rights are Being Violated? -- 3. Prospects for the Development of Intergovernmental Human Rights Bodies in Asia and the Pacific -- 4. Ways International Organizations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Situations of Armed Conflict -- 5. Genocide and the International Community: The Case of Sabra and Shatila -- 6. Lawyers Pro Bono Publico: Using International Human Rights Law on Behalf of the Poor -- 7. The Relationship of International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law to the Political Offense Exception to Extradition -- 8. The International Legal Consequences of Torture, Extra- Legal Execution, and Disappearance -- 9. After the Elections: Compensating Victims of Human Rights Abuses -- 10. Creative and Dynamic Strategies for Using United Nations Institutions and Procedures: The Frank Newman File -- Appendix: Citations of Major International Human Rights Instruments -- Contributors -- Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780812281286 9781512809633

Standard No.: 10.9783/9781512809633 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights.

LC Class. No.: K3240.6

Dewey Class. No.: 341.4/81