Human Rights Regimes in the Americas / UN.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

UN.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human Rights and Refugees.

Local Subjects:

Human Rights and Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Human Rights Regimes in the Americas examines the complex role of human rights norms and standards in the region's progression, illustrating the evolution and impact of international conventions, laws and institutions. The chapters combine historical detail with a focus on presentday challenges for the regional and domestic human rights regimes, highlighting particular obstacles, successful approaches and strategies. Taking the reader through cases in North, Central and South America, the volume provides a rich account of the evolving regional environment for rights protection and promotion, which will be of particular interest to scholars of politics, human rights and law, as well as policymakers and practitioners at all levels.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

The Human Rights Regime in the Americas: Theory and reality

Why the human rights regime in the Americas matters

Democracy, human rights and the United States: Tradition and mutation

Strengthening the protection of human rights in the Americas: A role for Canada?

Human rights and the state in Latin America

Human rights in context: Brazil

Human rights and democracy in Chile

Human rights in Cuba and the international system

Actors and processes in the generation of change in the human rights policy of Mexico

Battling against the odds: Human rights in hard times

Human rights in the Americas: Progress, challenges and prospects.

ISBN:

9789210563246

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