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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Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Clapham, Andrew, (yazar)
Формат:
Язык:English
Turkish
Опубликовано: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Редактирование:Second edition; fully updated new edition.
Серии:Very short introductions ; 163
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Оглавление:
  • 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