Cher Weixia Chen, Alison Dundes Renteln (University of Southern California)

International Human Rights

A Survey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to international human rights issues. It takes a holistic international perspective and focuses on understudied topics, such as socio-economic, cultural and environmental rights, and the rights of marginalized groups, including children, persons with disabilities, women, indigenous peoples and LGBTQ+.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 606
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 187mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1158g
• ISBN-13: 9781108735384
• ISBN-10: 110873538X
• Artikelnr.: 63266618

Autorenporträt

Cher Weixia Chen is Associate Professor in the School of Integrative Studies and founder of the Human Rights and Global Justice Initiative, George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: overview of human rights
2. Human rights machinery: enforcement mechanisms
3. Genocide
4. Torture
5. The death penalty and cruel, degrading, and inhuman punishments
6. Socio-economic rights
7. Cultural rights
8. Environmental protection and human rights
9. Indigenous rights
10. Disability and human rights
11. Labor rights as human rights
12. Children's rights
13. Women's rights
14. LGBTQ+ rights
15. Media and human rights: freedom of expression and of the press, access to information, and the right to privacy
16. Conclusion: the future of human rights.