Human rights : a very short introduction /

Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This book, in its second edition, brings the i...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Clapham, Andrew, (yazar)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Turkish
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:Second edition; fully updated new edition.
Schriftenreihe:Very short introductions ; 163
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Looking at rights
  • Historical development and contemporary concerns
  • Human rights foreign policy and the role of the United Nations
  • Torture
  • Deprivations of life and liberty
  • Balancing rights: free speech and privacy
  • Food, education, health, housing and work
  • Discrimination and equality
  • The death penalty