The International Human Rights Movement: A History.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neier, Aryeh, 1937-

Contributor:

GIC Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Local Subjects:

History.

Summary:

During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in the struggle against totalitarian regimes, cruelties in wars, and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. In The International Human Rights Movement, Aryeh Neier-a leading figure and a founder of the contemporary movement-offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. Neier combines analysis with personal experience, and gives a unique insider's perspective on the movement's goals, the disputes about its mission, and its rise to international importance, and the challenges to come. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Movement 1

2 Putting Natural Law Principles into Practice 26

3 What Are Rights? 57

4 International Human Rights Law 93

5 International Humanitarian Law 117

6 Defying Communism 138

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

8 Amnesty International 186

9 Human Rights Watch 204

10 The Worldwide Movement 233

11 Accountability 258

12 Rights after 9/11 285

13 Going Forward 318.

ISBN:

9780691159607

0691159602