Human Rights

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862323189Author Uri DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Zed Books LtdPublisher Zed Books LtdWeight(grams) 190g

A detailed expose of blacklisting in Britain in the Civil Service, business and the media. The authors argue that new safeguards are needed, especially now that computer networks are increasingly being brought into play. Mark Hollingsworth was one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782911939761Author Stephane HesselFormat PaperbackImprint Indigene editionsPublisher Indigene editions

This book presents the raging debate on one of the most brutal political realities that India has confronted in recent years: the rising conflict between Maoist insurgent groups and the Indian State. With some of the finest writings on the subject, it...

This book examines the national legal frameworks in place for internally displaced people in Nigeria and considers how they can be extended to provide further legal protection.Despite a growing global awareness of the importance of developing solutions...

On March 16, 1985, Associated Press's Chief Middle East Correspondent, Terry Anderson, was kidnapped on the streets of Beirut. 2454 days - nearly seven years - later, he emerged into the light. "Den of Lions" is his memoir of that harrowing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780904286656Author Ursula OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Index on CensorshipPublisher Index on CensorshipWeight(grams) 239g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786868612Author Malika OufkirFormat HardbackPage Count 293Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 567g

Since his release from Chinese labour camps in 1976, Harry Wu has worked to bring China's human rights abuses to international attention. This book documents the brutality and scale of the Chinese penal system and tells the extraordinary story of Wu's...

This is a biography of one of the most significant black figures in American history. A brilliant scholar and athlete, he became world famous as a singer and actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Othello in the 1944 Broadway production and for...

This book examines the legal nature of Islamic states and the human rights they have committed to uphold. It begins with an overview of the political history of Islam, and of Islamic law, focusing primarily on key developments of the first two centuries...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780340412527Author Anthony SampsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Coronet BooksPublisher Hodder & Stoughton General DivisionWeight(grams) 220g

How do we define human rights, and how do we protect them? Is the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights truly universal? And how has human rights discourse been appropriated by legal and institutional cultures? In this "No-Nonsense Guide",...

Educational and fun to read, with unique and imaginative illustrations by respected French artist Eric Puybaret, this book will captivate all, especially children. It aims to help readers to better understand the importance of human rights, and is a must...

At a July 17, 2003 press conference held jointly with Prime Minister Tony Blair, President George W. Bush described the prisoners held in Guantanamo: "The only thing I know for certain is that these are bad people. " They are, supposedly, the...

A powerful, urgent and timely polemic on why women still need equality, and how we get there It is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet. It blights first and developing worlds, rich and poor women's health, wealth, education, representation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782630235878Author Christina J RayFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Christina J. RayPublisher Christina J. RayWeight(grams) 218g

With the strengthening focus worldwide on human rights, there has been a rapid increase in recent years in the number of countries that have completely abolished the death penalty. This is in recognition that it is a violation of the right to life and...

In this book, Fiona de Londras presents an overview of counter-terrorist detention in the US and the UK and the attempts by both states to achieve a downward recalibration of international human rights standards as they apply in an emergency. Arguing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787664161162Author Elio EndlessFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Elio Endless PublishersPublisher Elio Endless PublishersWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954182448Author Clifford M EberhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Tyler MacDonaldPublisher Tyler MacDonaldWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692819708Author Julio M ShilingFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Patria de MartiPublisher Patria de MartiWeight(grams) 109g

Between 1963 and 2008 Kenya experienced systematic atrocities, economic crimes, ethnic violence, and the illegal taking of land. To come to terms with these historical injustices and gross violations of human rights, the Kenyan Truth, Justice and...

States have long denied basic rights to non-citizens within their borders, and international law imposes only limited duties on states with respect to those fleeing persecution. But even the limited rights previously enjoyed by non-citizens are eroding...

The places in which refugees seek sanctuary are often as dangerous and bleak as the conditions they fled. In response, many travel within and across borders in search of safety. As part of these journeys, refugees are increasingly turning to courts to...

Countries undergoing or recovering from conflict and authoritarianism often face profound rule of law challenges. The law on the statute books may be repressive, judicial independence may be compromised, and criminal justice agencies may be captured by...

Using interdisciplinary methods, this book is a pioneering exploration of Asian understandings of human dignity and human rights. It encompasses rigorous scrutiny of dignity jurisprudence in major Asian apex courts, detailed philosophical analysis of...

As the climate emergency intensifies, rights-based climate cases – litigation that is based on human rights law – are becoming an increasingly important tool for securing more ambitious climate action. This book is the first to offer a systematic...

Seeking Justice: Access to Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuse explores victims' varying experiences in seeking remedy mechanisms for corporate human rights abuse. It puts forward a novel theory about the possibility of productive contestation and...

The idea that a claim for international protection can be rejected on the basis that the claimant behave 'discreetly' in their country of origin has remained resilient in asylum claims based on sexual orientation, but also other grounds of claim. This is...

This book asks whether human rights, since the 9/11 attacks and the 'war on terror,' are a luxury we can no longer afford, or rights that must always remain a fundamental part of democratic politics, in order to determine the boundary between individual...

In our globalised world, where inequality is deepening and migration movements are increasing, states continue to maintain strong regulatory control over immigration, health and social policies. Arguments based on state sovereignty can be employed to...

Seeking Justice: Access to Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuse explores victims' varying experiences in seeking remedy mechanisms for corporate human rights abuse. It puts forward a novel theory about the possibility of productive contestation and...

In October 2019, unprecedented mobilizations in Chile took the world by surprise. An outburst of protests plunged a stable democracy into the deepest social and political crisis since its dictatorship in the 1980s. Although the protests involved a myriad...

The emergence of international human rights law and the end of the White Australia immigration policy were events of great historical moment. Yet, they were not harbingers of a new dawn in migration law. This book argues that this is because migration...

The rise of neoliberal policy and practice simultaneous to the growing recognition of economic and social rights presents a puzzle. Can the rights to food, water, health education, decent work, social security and the benefits of science prevail against...

High hopes were placed in the ability of the European Convention and the Court of Human Rights to help realise fundamental freedoms and civil and political rights in the post-communist countries. This book explores the effects of the Strasbourg human...

In this book, Hedi Viterbo radically challenges our picture of law, human rights, and childhood, both in and beyond the Israel/Palestine context. He reveals how Israel, rather than disregarding international law and children's rights, has used them to...

This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts. In 1980, a federal appeals court ruled that a Paraguayan family could sue a Paraguayan official under the Alien Tort Statute - a dormant provision of the 1789...