Gerard McCann is Senior Lecturer in International Studies and Head of International Programmes at St Mary's University College, a College of Queen's University Belfast. Féilim Ó hAdhmaill is Lecturer in Social Policy in the School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, and Programme Director for the Masters in Voluntary and Community Sector Management.

“This book is an excellent compendium of works by distinguished authors. It is extremely timely considering the dire state of the world at this time and can add substantively to the promotion of socially just actions, and policies, constructed from the pillars of human rights.” Joseph Wronka, Springfield College

• Introduction ~ Gerard McCann and Féilim Ó hAdhmaill Part 1: International Human Rights: Context The Historical Development of the Concept of Rights ~ Peter Herrmann and Féilim Ó hAdhmaill The United Nations and the International Oversight of Human Rights ~ Féilim Ó hAdhmaill and Gerard McCann The Council of Europe, the European Convention on Human Rights and the Social Charter ~ Liz Griffiths The European Union and Human Rights ~ Gerard McCann and Nadia Makaryshyn Human Rights and the USA ~ Peter Collins International Humanitarian Law: Protecting Rights and Promoting Welfare during War? ~ Diana Buttu and Féilim Ó hAdhmaill Part 2: Key Issues for Universal Human Rights-Based Approaches The European Union, Human Rights and International Development Policy ~ Gerard McCann Socio-economic Rights ~ Giovanni Farese Cultural Rights ~ Adam Nowakowski Migration and Refugees: Applying Human Rights to ‘Everyone’? ~ Michal Cenker and Daniel Holder Conflict, ‘Terrorism’ and Non-State Actors ~ Féilim Ó hAdhmaill and Michael Ritchie Gender and Human Rights ~ Birgit Schippers Part 3: Human Rights Approaches to Social Policy DevelopmentHuman Rights-based Approaches to Social Policy Development ~ Margaret Buckley and Fiona Dukelow The Right to Education ~ Benjamin Mallon The Right to Healthcare ~ Ann-Marie Gray (Ulster University)The Right to Housing ~ Dessie Donnelly, Joe Finnerty and Cathal O’Connell Children’s Rights and Social Policy ~ Fiona Donson The Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities ~ Charles O’Mahony and Shivaun Quinlivan The Right to Development ~ Stephen McCloskey Conclusion: Human Rights in a Brave New World: The Shape of Things to Come? ~ Fred Powell