Neier The International Human Rights Movement

A History
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4187-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 14, 392 Seiten

Reihe: Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity

Aryeh Neier is president emeritus of the Open Society Foundations and distinguished visiting professor at the Paris School of International Affairs of Sciences Po. Previously he was executive director of Human Rights Watch and executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. A contributor to many major publications, he is the author of Taking Liberties and War Crimes, among other books.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neier, Aryeh

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Chapter 1: The Movement 1

Chapter 2: Putting Natural Law Principles into Practice 26

Chapter 3: What Are Rights? 57

Chapter 4: International Human Rights Law 93

Chapter 5: International Humanitarian Law 117

Chapter 6: Defying Communism 138

Chapter 7: Rights on the Other Side of the Cold War Divide 161

Chapter 8: Amnesty International 186

Chapter 9: Human Rights Watch 204

Chapter 10: The Worldwide Movement 233

Chapter 11: Accountability 258

Chapter 12: Rights after 9/11 285

Chapter 13: Going Forward 318

Notes 335

Index 359

Über Autor(innen)

Aryeh Neier is president emeritus of the Open Society Foundations and distinguished visiting professor at the Paris School of International Affairs of Sciences Po. Previously he was executive director of Human Rights Watch and executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. A contributor to many major publications, he is the author of Taking Liberties and War Crimes, among other books.