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Human Rights (Very Short Introductions)
Andrew Clapham
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Description for Human Rights (Very Short Introductions)
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Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies surrounding the movement. Discussing torture and arbitrary detention in the context of counter terrorism, Andrew Clapham also considers new challenges to human rights in the context of privacy, equality and the right to ... Read more
Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies surrounding the movement. Discussing torture and arbitrary detention in the context of counter terrorism, Andrew Clapham also considers new challenges to human rights in the context of privacy, equality and the right to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr (T)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198706168
SKU
V9780198706168
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About Andrew Clapham
Andrew Clapham is Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. Before he joined the Graduate Institute of International Studies Institute in 1997, he was the Representative of Amnesty International to the United Nations in New York. He was the Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights from 2006 until ... Read more
Reviews for Human Rights (Very Short Introductions)
This short book covers one main area of current interest very well: how the human rights movement has gained increasing attention internationally... Clapham on Human Rights can be summed up as one of the best titles we have read yet from OUP.
Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers
A highly suitable starting ... Read more
Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers
A highly suitable starting ... Read more