Human Rights Interventions – serie
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34 produkter
Constructing Human Trafficking
Evangelicals, Feminists, and an Unexpected Alliance
Häftad, 2018
552 kr
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Human trafficking has come to be seen as a growing threat, and transnational advocacy networks opposed to human trafficking have succeeded in establishing trafficking as a pressing political problem. The meaning of human trafficking, however, remains an object of significant—and …
Human Rights as Battlefields
Changing Practices and Contestations
Av Gabriel Blouin-Genest, Marie-Christine Doran m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
933 kr
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This book examines human rights as political battlefields, spaces that are undergoing constant changes in which political conflicts are expressed by a translation process within networks of interactions. This translation, in turn, contributes to modifying the scope and understanding of human …
Mass Appeal of Human Rights
Häftad, 2019
660 kr
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This book narrates the integration of consumer culture into transnational human rights advocacy and explores its political impact. By examining tactics that include benefit concerts, graphic imagery of suffering, and branded outreach campaigns, the book details the evolution of human rights into a …
Human Rights Prosecutions in Democracies at War
Av Moira Lynch
Häftad, 2019
769 kr
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Though many of the longest and most devastating internal armed conflicts have been fought within the boundaries of democratic states, these countries employ some of the highest numbers of human rights prosecutions. What conditions prompt this outcome and what explains the variable patterns of …
Securitization of the Roma in Europe
Av Huub van Baar, Ana Ivasiuc m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1096 kr
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This book discusses how Europe’s Roma minorities have often been perceived as a threat to majority cultures and societies. Frequently, the Roma have become the target of nationalism, extremism, and racism. At the same time, they have been approached in terms of human rights and become the focus of …
Impact, Legitimacy, and Limitations of Truth Commissions
Inbunden, 2019
551 kr
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This book develops a theoretical understanding of how truth commissions achieve legitimacy and contribute to peace and stability. Angela D. Nichols argues that truth commissions are most likely to impact society when they possess certain institutional characteristics—characteristics that send …
Human Rights Discourse in the Post-9/11 Age
Inbunden, 2019
931 kr
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This book offers a materialist critique of mainstream human rights discourse in the period following 9/11, examining literary works, critical histories, international declarations, government statutes, NGO manifestos, and a documentary film. The author points out some of the contradictions that …
Resistance Under Communist China
Religious Protesters, Advocates and Opportunists
Av Ray Wang
Inbunden, 2019
931 kr
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This book examines religious activism—Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism—in China, a powerful atheist state that provides one of the hardest challenges to existing methods of transnational activism. The author focuses on mechanisms used by three kinds of actors: protesters, advocates and …
Regionalizing Global Human Rights Norms in Southeast Asia
Av Dwi Ardhanariswari Sundrijo
Inbunden, 2020
1096 kr
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This book explains how the ASEAN regional human rights body (AICHR) was created and why it functioned with a promotional rather than protection mandate. It does this by positioning itself within a sizable literature on norm diffusion, and introduces the concept of “Norm Interpreters” to explain …
Regionalizing Global Human Rights Norms in Southeast Asia
Av Dwi Ardhanariswari Sundrijo
Häftad, 2021
1096 kr
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This book explains how the ASEAN regional human rights body (AICHR) was created and why it functioned with a promotional rather than protection mandate. It does this by positioning itself within a sizable literature on norm diffusion, and introduces the concept of “Norm Interpreters” to explain …
Africanity and Ubuntu as Decolonizing Discourse
Inbunden, 2021
1423 kr
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This book explores and discusses emerging perspectives of Ubuntu from the vantage point of “ordinary” people and connects it to human rights and decolonizing discourses. It engages a decolonizing perspective in writing about Ubuntu as an indigenous concept. The fore grounding argument is that one’s …
Africanity and Ubuntu as Decolonizing Discourse
Häftad, 2022
1423 kr
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This book explores and discusses emerging perspectives of Ubuntu from the vantage point of “ordinary” people and connects it to human rights and decolonizing discourses. It engages a decolonizing perspective in writing about Ubuntu as an indigenous concept. The fore grounding argument is that one’s …
Women, Religion, and Peace-Building
Gusii and Maasai Women of Faith in Kenya
Inbunden, 2022
1314 kr
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This book explores the peacebuilding ideas and experiences of Maasai and Gusii women of faith in Kenya. Women of faith across the world have long demonstrated their leadership in peacebuilding. They have achieved this despite their underrepresentation in formal peacebuilding systems and the …
Women, Religion, and Peace-Building
Gusii and Maasai Women of Faith in Kenya
Häftad, 2023
1314 kr
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This book explores the peacebuilding ideas and experiences of Maasai and Gusii women of faith in Kenya. Women of faith across the world have long demonstrated their leadership in peacebuilding. They have achieved this despite their underrepresentation in formal peacebuilding systems and the …
Wars, Laws, Rights and the Making of Global Insecurities
Inbunden, 2022
443 kr
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This book offers a unique and timely political analysis of war, international law and human rights, and the important interconnections among them. It questions why war features as a foundational problem in contemporary world affairs and explores how international law is used to manage this and …
Human Rights, Imperialism, and Corruption in US Foreign Policy
Av Ilia Xypolia
Inbunden, 2022
552 kr
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This book provides a novel account of the role of human rights discourse in the US foreign policy. The book analyses the US State Department’s Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices as a means to monopolise and, more importantly, legitimise a specific framing of the human rights agenda to …
Religious Transnationalism and Climate Change
The Role of Non-State Actors
Inbunden, 2022
421 kr
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This book examines the role of religious actors in the field of climate change and especially in the international mobilization and negotiations to address the issue. It analyzes the mode of action and their discourses on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations Framework Convention on …
Protection Paradox
How the UN Can Get Better at Saving Civilian Lives
Av Conor Foley
Inbunden, 2023
497 kr
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The book provides an up to date and authoritative account of how the UN is re[1]thinking its obligations to protect civilians during conflicts. Based on hundreds of interviews with senior UN officials and humanitarian protection staff in headquarters and in the field and a review of the UN´s ´grey …
Protection Paradox
How the UN Can Get Better at Saving Civilian Lives
Av Conor Foley
Häftad, 2024
497 kr
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The book provides an up to date and authoritative account of how the UN is re[1]thinking its obligations to protect civilians during conflicts. Based on hundreds of interviews with senior UN officials and humanitarian protection staff in headquarters and in the field and a review of the UN´s ´grey …
Building Bridges for Effective Environmental Participation: The Path of Law Co-Creation
The Chiquitano Multimodal Format for Disseminating the Escazú Agreement
Av Margherita Paola Poto, Giulia Parola
Inbunden, 2024
552 kr
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This open-access book aims to explore and promote indigenous participation in legal design and visual law, with a specific focus on co-creating a visual representation of the Escazu Agreement in collaboration with the Chiquitano people. This project stands out as a unique and transformative …
Building Bridges for Effective Environmental Participation: The Path of Law Co-Creation
The Chiquitano Multimodal Format for Disseminating the Escazú Agreement
Av Margherita Paola Poto, Giulia Parola
Häftad, 2025
443 kr
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This open-access book aims to explore and promote indigenous participation in legal design and visual law, with a specific focus on co-creating a visual representation of the Escazu Agreement in collaboration with the Chiquitano people. This project stands out as a unique and transformative …
Impact of European Human Rights Bodies on Penal Policies
Inbunden, 2025
1205 kr
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A new framework for penal and prison policies in Europe has been progressively established by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) to protect the human rights of detainees in Europe. European countries have reacted in very diverse ways …
Impact of European Human Rights Bodies on Penal Policies
Häftad, 2026
1205 kr
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A new framework for penal and prison policies in Europe has been progressively established by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) to protect the human rights of detainees in Europe. European countries have reacted in very diverse ways …
Harmful Practices and Human Rights: An International Perspective
Av Ebenezer Durojaye, Satang Nabaneh m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1409 kr
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Harmful Practices and Human Rights examines different forms of harmful practices, globally, which constitute human rights violations as guaranteed in international and regional human rights instruments. Drawing examples from Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, and Australasia, it demonstrates how …
Harmful Practices and Human Rights: An International Perspective
Av Ebenezer Durojaye, Satang Nabaneh m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
1409 kr
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Harmful Practices and Human Rights examines different forms of harmful practices, globally, which constitute human rights violations as guaranteed in international and regional human rights instruments. Drawing examples from Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, and Australasia, it demonstrates how …
Beyond Principles?
A Critical Look at UNHCR’s Organisational Culture
Inbunden, 2025
1807 kr
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The book examines how well UNHCR’s internal culture has remained aligned with its protection mandate's core values and principles amidst a rapidly evolving external environment and how this alignment—or lack thereof—impacts its external performance in refugee emergencies.The book uses a …
Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity
Inbunden, 2017
1008 kr
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This book offers a unique and powerful critique of the quest for international criminal justice. It explores the efforts of three successive generations of international prosecutors, recognising the vital roles they play in the enforcement of international criminal law. By critically examining …
Securitization of the Roma in Europe
Av Huub van Baar, Ana Ivasiuc m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1096 kr
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This book discusses how Europe’s Roma minorities have often been perceived as a threat to majority cultures and societies. Frequently, the Roma have become the target of nationalism, extremism, and racism. At the same time, they have been approached in terms of human rights and become the focus of …
Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity
Häftad, 2018
1008 kr
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This book offers a unique and powerful critique of the quest for international criminal justice. It explores the efforts of three successive generations of international prosecutors, recognising the vital roles they play in the enforcement of international criminal law. By critically examining …
Constructing Human Trafficking
Evangelicals, Feminists, and an Unexpected Alliance
Inbunden, 2018
824 kr
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Human trafficking has come to be seen as a growing threat, and transnational advocacy networks opposed to human trafficking have succeeded in establishing trafficking as a pressing political problem. The meaning of human trafficking, however, remains an object of significant—and …
