Human Rights at Risk

SALVADOR SANTINO F. REGILME JR. is a tenured university lecturer in international relations at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He is the author of Aid Imperium: United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post-Cold War Southeast Asia (2021) and the co-editor of American Hegemony and the Rise of Emerging Powers (2018).IRENE HADIPRAYITNO teaches at the Leiden Institute of Area Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.

"Human Rights at Risk provides a much-needed, thoughtful, and forward-looking assessment of human rights at a critical moment. The authors are realistic about challenges from super powers and authoritarians alike. Yet they also see hope in grassroots movements far from power centers in Geneva and New York that use human rights to work for transformational change." - Robin Kirk (author of Righting Wrongs: 20 Human Rights Heroes Around the World) "A tour de force of the challenges and contradictions facing the current human rights movement. By problematizing the universal acceptance of individual human rights norms, the authors have allowed for a major leap in our understanding of global abuses. The diversity of author backgrounds, disciplines, and approaches adds to the validity of their argument and should be the gold standard for all human rights and international relations scholarship." - Amanda Murdie (editor in chief of International Studies Review) "Human Rights at Risk is also a set of essays on humanity at risk. Contributors demonstrate both how the application of human rights, as well as their repression, are central to the state we are in. Whether providing theoretical or empirical accounts, there are gems in this volume that should grab the attention of international lawyers."- Margot E. Salomon (co-author of The Misery of International Law: Confrontations with Injustice in the Global Economy) "This volume highlights how the concept of human rights is broadened, how this issue is recognized across the world, but also how vulnerable the regime is to threats from populism and US isolationism. By addressing human rights from the different viewpoints of international institutions, states, and victims, it provides a unique compelling, informative, and though-provoking resource for readers interested in international relations and current affairs." - Joakim Kreutz (co-editor of Debating the East Asian Peace: What it is. How it Came About. Will it Last?) "Human Rights at Risk provides a much-needed, thoughtful, and forward-looking assessment of human rights at a critical moment. The authors are realistic about challenges from super powers and authoritarians alike. Yet they also see hope in grassroots movements far from power centers in Geneva and New York that use human rights to work for transformational change." - Robin Kirk (author of Righting Wrongs: 20 Human Rights Heroes Around the World) "A tour de force of the challenges and contradictions facing the current human rights movement. By problematizing the universal acceptance of individual human rights norms, the authors have allowed for a major leap in our understanding of global abuses. The diversity of author backgrounds, disciplines, and approaches adds to the validity of their argument and should be the gold standard for all human rights and international relations scholarship." - Amanda Murdie (editor in chief of International Studies Review) "Human Rights at Risk is also a set of essays on humanity at risk. Contributors demonstrate both how the application of human rights, as well as their repression, are central to the state we are in. Whether providing theoretical or empirical accounts, there are gems in this volume that should grab the attention of international lawyers."- Margot E. Salomon (co-author of The Misery of International Law: Confrontations with Injustice in the Global Economy) "This volume highlights how the concept of human rights is broadened, how this issue is recognized across the world, but also how vulnerable the regime is to threats from populism and US isolationism. By addressing human rights from the different viewpoints of international institutions, states, and victims, it provides a unique compelling, informative, and though-provoking resource for readers interested in international relations and current affairs." - Joakim Kreutz (co-editor of Debating the East Asian Peace: What it is. How it Came About. Will it Last?)

• Chapter 1: The Global Human Rights Regime: Risks and ContestationsChapter 2: Transparency, Accountability, and Legitimacy within the UN Universal Periodic ReviewChapter 3: After Obama: The African Group at the UN Human Rights CouncilChapter 4: Consensus and Human Rights Politics: The Case of ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human RightsChapter 5: Skewed Vision: Human Rights in War through the Eyes in PeaceChapter 6: Who Are the Victims of Crimes Against Cultural Heritage?Chapter 7: Challenging the Legal Boundaries of Genocide: The War on Drugs in the PhilippinesChapter 8: Human Rights at Risk in the Era of Trump and American DeclineChapter 9: The Tyranny of Exceptionalism: How the United States Rejects Universal Human RightsChapter 10: Natural Law and the Future of Human RightsChapter 11: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Thoughts on Global Human Rights in the 21st CenturyChapter 12: Risks and Emancipatory RightsAcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIndex