Human rights : a very short introduction /

Focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, and discrimination, this book will help readers to understand for themselves the controversies and complexities behind human rights.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clapham, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Very short introductions ; 163.
Subjects:
Human rights.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Droits de l'homme.
Histoire.
Human rights
Menschenrecht
Grundrechte.
Mänskliga rättigheter.
Einführung.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Looking at rights
  • The historical development of international human rights
  • Human rights foreign policy and the role of the United Nations
  • The international crime of torture
  • Legitimate restrictions on freedom
  • Balancing rights: the issue of privacy
  • Food, education, health, housing, and work
  • Discrimination and equality
  • The death penalty.

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