Rescuing Human Rights

A Radically Moderate Approach

AvHurst Hannum

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

The development of human rights norms is one of the most significant achievements in international relations and law since 1945, but the continuing influence of human rights is increasingly being questioned by authoritarian governments, nationalists, and pundits. Unfortunately, the proliferation of new rights, linking rights to other issues such as international crimes or the activities of business, and attempting to address every social problem from a human rights perspective risk undermining their credibility. Rescuing Human Rights calls for understanding 'human rights' as international human rights law and maintaining the distinctions between binding legal obligations on governments and broader issues of ethics, politics, and social change. Resolving complex social problems requires more than simplistic appeals to rights, and adopting a 'radically moderate' approach that recognizes both the potential and the limits of international human rights law, offers the best hope of preserving the principle that we all have rights, simply because we are human.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-14
Mått:156 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108417488

Utforska kategorier

Internationell rätt inom Juridik
Folkrätt inom Juridik
Mänskliga och medborgerliga rättigheter inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Hurst Hannum is Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He has authored numerous books and articles on human rights and has served as counsel and advocate before European, inter-American, and UN human rights institutions.

Recensioner i media

'Rescuing Human Rights is a superbly researched and highly readable diagnosis of the many ailments afflicting contemporary human rights advocacy. Whether or not one agrees with his prescriptions, Hurst Hannum's comprehensive and provocative analysis clearly delineates the issues and provides an excellent starting point for debate.' John Shattuck, Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: assumptions and principles; 2. Crime and (occasional) punishment; 3. The importance of government, for better or worse; 4. Human rights and … whatever; 5. Undermining old rights with new ones: you can't always get what you want; 6. Women, sex, and gender; 7. The flexibility of human rights norms: universality is not uniformity; 8. Human rights hawks; 9. The indispensable state? The United States and human rights; 10. The way forward: less is more; Index.