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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.
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Collection: | Very short introductions ;
163. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.