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...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English Turkish |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Ausgabe: | Second edition; fully updated new edition. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Very short introductions ; 163
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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