La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico (Sack Jon)(Paperback)

La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico (Sack Jon)(Paperback)

A front-line human rights defender fighting murderous impunity in the Mexican borderlands The Mexican border state of Chihuahua and its city Ju rez have become notorious the world over as hotbeds of violence. Drug cartel battles and official corruption result in more murders annually in Chihuahua

Latino Civil Rights in Education: La Lucha Sigue (Colon-Muniz Anaida)(Paperback)

Latino Civil Rights in Education: La Lucha Sigue documents the experiences of historical and contemporary advocates in the movement for civil rights in education of Latinos in the United States. These critical narratives and counternarratives discuss identity, inequality, desegregation, policy,

Why Human Rights in Childbirth Matter (Schiller Rebecca)(Paperback)

Why Human Rights in Childbirth explores the rights of women in pregnancy and birth, and offers information and support for mothers, caregivers and campaigners working to improve birth practices and birth experiences. Rebecca Schiller is co-chair of the human rights in childbirth charity Birthrights

Human Rights in the Age of Platforms (Jorgensen Rikke Frank)(Paperback)

Scholars from across law and internet and media studies examine the human rights implications of today's platform society.Today such companies as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter play an increasingly important role in how users form and express opinions, encounter information,

Reimagining Human Rights: Religion and the Common Good (O'Neill William R.)(Paperback)

In Reimagining Human Rights, William O'Neill presents an interpretation of human rights 'from below,' showing how victims of atrocity can embrace the rhetoric of human rights to dismantle old narratives of power and advance new ones. Topics covered include race and mass incarceration, immigration

International Human Rights (Donnelly Jack)(Paperback)

Fully updated, the sixth edition of International Human Rights examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to theory, history, international and regional institutions,

Reframing Human Rights in a Turbulent Era (de Brca Grinne)(Paperback)

In recent years, human rights have come under fire, with the rise of political illiberalism and the coming to power of populist authoritarian leaders in many parts of the world who contest and dismiss the idea of human rights. More surprisingly, scholars and public intellectuals, from both the

Mexico's Human Rights Crisis (Anaya-Muoz Alejandro)(Pevná vazba)

Lawless elements are ascendant in Mexico, as evidenced by the operations of criminal cartels engaged in human and drug trafficking, often with the active support or acquiescence of government actors. The sharp increase in the number of victims of homicide, disappearances and torture over the past

Human Rights and the Internet (Liddicoat Joy)(Paperback)

This book is a short and accessible introduction to the concepts of human rights, the Internet and the emergence of an era of human rights online as a new legal

Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice (Becker Jo)(Paperback)

Explores the strategies behind some of the most innovative human rights campaigns and exciting human rights victories of recent

International Human Rights (Alston Philip)(Paperback)

The definitive work in the field, International Human Rights provides a comprehensive analysis of this wide and diverse subject area. Written by world-renowned scholars Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman, this book is the successor to the widely acclaimed International Human Rights in Context.Alston

The Law of International Human Rights Protection (Kalin Walter)(Paperback)

At a time when human rights are coming under increasing pressure, in-depth knowledge and understanding of their foundations, conceptual underpinnings and current practice remain crucial. The second edition of Walter Kalin and Jorg Kunzli's authoritative book provides a concise but comprehensive

The European Court of Human Rights (Nussberger Angelika)(Paperback)

The European Court of Human Rights, by Angelika Nussberger is the first title in a new series, The Elements of International Law. Providing a fresh, objective, and non-argumentative approach to the discipline of international law, this series is an accessible go-to source for practicing

The Making of International Human Rights (Jensen Steven L. B.)(Paperback)

This book fundamentally reinterprets the history of international human rights in the post-1945 era by documenting how pivotal the Global South was for their breakthrough. In stark contrast to other contemporary human rights historians who have focused almost exclusively on the 1940s and the 1970s

Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (Meacham Jon)(Paperback)

A literary anthology of important and artful interpretations of the civil rights movement and the fight against white supremacy, past and present--including pieces by Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, and John Lewis Editor Jon Meacham has chosen pieces by

Trauma and Human Rights: Integrating Approaches to Address Human Suffering (Butler Lisa D.)(Paperback)

Human rights violations and traumatic events often comingle in victims' experiences; however, the human rights framework and trauma theory are rarely deployed together to illuminate such experiences. This edited volume explores the intersection of trauma and human rights by presenting the

Texts and Materials on International Human Rights (Smith Rhona K. M.)(Paperback)

Texts and Materials on International Human Rights offers a carefully tailored overview of the subject that covers sources and theories, institutions and structures, and substantive rights. The fourth edition is fully updated to include all key developments in the law, in particular issues around

Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions, and the Worth of the Human Person (Daly Erin)(Paperback)

Originally published in 2012, Dignity Rights is the first book to explore the constitutional law of dignity around the world. In it, Erin Daly shows how dignity has come not only to define specific interests like the right to humane treatment or to earn a living wage, but also to protect the basic

Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives (Cook Rebecca J.)(Paperback)

Human Rights of Women National and International Perspectives Edited by Rebecca J. Cook 'The multiple perspectives offered by this collection of eminently readable and interesting papers make it a valuable resource for upper-division classes in women's studies, international relations, and

Apostle of Progress: Modesto C. Rolland, Global Progressivism, and the Engineering of Revolutionary Mexico (Castro J. Justin)(Paperback)

Accountability Across Borders: Migrant Rights in North America (Bada Xchitl)(Paperback)

Collecting the diverse perspectives of scholars, labor organizers, and human-rights advocates, Accountability across Borders is the first edited collection that connects studies of immigrant integration in host countries to accounts of transnational migrant advocacy efforts, including case studies

Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Women of Color and the Fight for Reproductive Justice (Luna Zakiya)(Paperback)

The Colonialism of Human Rights: Ongoing Hypocrisies of Western Liberalism (Samson Colin)(Paperback)

Do so-called universal human rights apply to indigenous, formerly enslaved and colonized peoples?This trenchant book brings human rights into conversation with the histories and afterlives of Western colonialism and slavery. Colin Samson examines the paradox that the nations that credit themselves

Fenwick on Civil Liberties & Human Rights (Fenwick Helen)(Paperback)

More than merely describing the evolution of human rights and civil liberties law, this classic textbook provides students with detailed and thought-provoking coverage of the most crucial developments in the field, clearly explaining the law in context and practice. Updated throughout for this new