International Human Rights - A Survey

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List of contents

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.

About the author

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.Alison Dundes Renteln is Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy, and Law at the University of Southern California.

Summary

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+.

Product details

• Authors: Cher Weixia Chen, Cher Weixia (George Mason University Chen, Cher Weixia Renteln Chen, Chen Cher Weixia, Alison Dundes Renteln, Alison Dundes (University of Southern Cal Renteln, Renteln Alison Dundes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781108735384
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73538-4
• No. of pages: 606
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, International Relations, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, International Organisations & Institutions