International human rights law : returning to universal principles / Mark Gibney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibney, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xi, 149 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]

Summary:

This clear and compelling book challenges the reader to rethink the entire basis for human rights, providing a vastly different vision of a way forward out of our current quagmire. Mark Gibney persuasively advocates for a much broader reading of the law on state responsibility, arguing that current law misses most of the ways in which states fail to protect human rights and police violations. Calling for other measures to provide victims the 'effective remedy' that international human rights law promises, Gibney sets forth a series of practical steps that would profoundly change the nature of human rights protection.

Contents:

Introduction

Step one: responsibility

Step two: territory

Step three: accountability

Step four: remedy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780742556294

0742556298

9780742556300

0742556301

OCLC:

172521726