Human Rights at the Intersections

Anthony Tirado Chase is a professor at Occidental College, USA, and Chair of its Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy.Pardis Mahdavi is Provost and Executive Vice President of the University of Montana, USA.Hussein "Huss" Banai is an associate professor of International Studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Sofia Gruskin is a professor in the Keck School of Medicine and Gould School of Law, and Director USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California, USA.

This book offers a rich repertoire of theoretical and pragmatic tools to address mounting economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental challenges and crises. It makes a compelling call for the need of innovation, experimentation, cross-sectoral collaboration, and multidisciplinary approaches. A must-read for anyone in civil society, academia, or subnational, regional, and national governments grappling with the need for new solutions and analytical frames. Besides constituting a practical toolkit, the case studies and snapshots from across the globe are also a timely and compelling case for the potential utility of human rights on the ground at a moment in which their relevance and impact are questioned.

• Editor and Contributor Biographies AcknowledgmentsForeword: Reimagining Human Rights Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito Introduction: Intersections and Transformations Anthony Tirado Chase, Pardis Mahdavi, and Sofia Gruskin Section 1: Exploding the Global-Local Binary in “Cosmopolitan” Human RightsIntroduction Anthony Tirado Chase 1. “A Band Aid on a Bullet Wound:” Cosmopolitan Desire in a Pluriversal World Joe Hoover Snapshot #1: Localism vs Globalism: Authoritarianism’s Battlefield in the Arab Region Bahey eldin Hassan 2. Relishing the Roots: The Promise and Peril of Decentralizing Human Rights Discourse Kristi Heather Kenyon 3. The Future of Human Rights is Local Michael Goodhart Snapshot #2: Global-Local Intersections to Advance Accountability in Post-conflict Côte d’Ivoire Cristian Correa 4. Human Rights at the Intersections of Structural and Cultural Violence LaDawn Haglund 5. Everyday Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights Huss Banai 6. Who Cares? Exclusion, Empathy and Solidarity Shareen Hertel Section 2: Human Rights, the City, and “Local” ActorsIntroduction Anthony Tirado Chase 1. From Rebels to Rocks: Cities as Anchors in Turbulent Times Gaea Morales Snapshot #3: Global Human Rights Norms and City Policy in Los Angeles Angela Kim and Erin Bromaghim 2. Resourcing Rights: How Sub-state Actors Can Use Local Fiscal Policy to Counteract Democratic ErosionSergio Chaparro Hernandez and Nelson Camilo Sanchez 3. Truth-in-Los Angeles: “Reimagining and Rejuvenating Global Norms at the City Level” Anthony Tirado Chase Snapshot #4: Racial Justice in Los Angeles: What Can Global Truth-telling Norms Offer? Brenda Shockleyand Zita Davis 4. Localizing International Human Rights Norms through Participatory Video with People Affected by Leprosy in Niger, Nigeria, and Mozambique Yohanna Abdou, ShehuSarkin Fada, Paulo E. Hansine, Jone A. Jose, and William Paul Simmons 5. The Complex Intersection of Legacies of Violence and Legacies of Resistance in Montes de María, ColombiaPablo Abitbol Pineiro Section 3: Sexuality, Sexual Rights and Reproductive RightsIntroduction Sofia Gruskin 1. Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Role of Human Rights? Rajat Khosla and Kate Gilmore Snapshot #5: Global-Local Intersections to Change Politics and Public Policy on Sexuality in Brazil Vera Paiva2. Navigating Homocolonialism in LGBTQ2+ Rights Strategies: Sexual and Political Possibilities beyond the Current Framing of International Queer Rights Momin Rahman and Adnan Hossain Snapshot #6: Glocalization and Sexual Rights Pascale Allotey 3. Intersex Human Rights in a Time of Instrumentalization and Backlash Morgan Carpenter 4. Eppur si muove. Reflections on Human Rights and Trans Depathologization in ICD-11 Mauro Cabral Grinspan Section 4: Feminism and the “Triple Bind”Introduction Pardis Mahdavi 1. Whose Gender Is It? Inclusion versus Exclusion in Global Feminist Movements Lara Stemple 2. What Can Intersectional Approaches Reveal About Violence? Dolores Trevizo 3. Speaking Feminism to Rights: Intersections of Ethos and Praxis Alison Brysk 4. Why Does Sexual Difference Matter in the Legal Paradigm of Equality? Human Rights Violations of Migrant Women in Immigration Detention in Mexico Alethia Fernandez de la Reguera Ahedo Snapshot #7: Feminism and Its Discontents: A Conversation with Gloria Steinem and Gloria Feldt Pardis Mahdavi Conclusion: Human Rights in Motion Hussein Banai Bibliography Index