Contracting human rights : crisis, accountability, and opportunity / edited by Alison Brysk, Michael Stohl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brysk, Alison, editor.

Stohl, Michael, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar studies in human rights.

Elgar Studies in Human Rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Human rights--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2018.

Summary:

The securitization that accompanied many national responses after 11 September 2001, along with the shortfalls of neo-liberalism, created waves of opposition to the growth of the human rights regime. By chronicling the continuing contest over the reach, range, and regime of rights, Contracting Human Rights analyses the way forward in an era of many challenges. Through an examination of both global and local challenges to human rights, including loopholes, backlash, accountability, and new opportunities to move forward, the expert contributors analyse trends across multiple-issue areas. These include; international institutions, humanitarian action, censorship and communications, discrimination, human trafficking, counter-terrorism, corporate social responsibility and civil society and social movements. The topical chapters also provide a comprehensive review of the widening citizenship gaps in human rights coverage for refugees, women's rights in patriarchal societies, and civil liberties in chronic conflict. This timely study will be invaluable reading for academics, upper-level undergraduates, and those studying graduate courses relating to international relations, human rights, and global governance.

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: contracting human rights / Alison Brysk

Part I Gaps

2. Contracting the refugee regime: the global citizenship gap / Alison Brysk

3. Has the occupation occupied Israel? / Gershon Shafir

4. Expanding extractive industries, contracting indigenous rights? Gains, setbacks and missed opportunities in Latin America / Claire Wright

5. The bottom two billion: the global expansion of urban slums and second-class citizenship / Natasha Bennett

Part II Backlash

6. The human rights costs of NGOs' naming and shaming campaigns / Clair Apodaca

7. Perils of success: backlash and resistance to LGBT rights in domestic and international politics / Phillip M. Ayoub

8. Human rights and democracy promotion in times of contraction: EU human rights and democratization policies in Egypt / Felipe Go<U+00cc><U+0081>mez Isa

9. From lawless to secret law: the United States, the CIA, and extra-judicial killings / Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi

Part III Accountability

10. Whither accountability? Counterterrorism and human rights at the United Nations Security Council / George Andreopoulos

11. Backlash and international human rights courts / Wayne Sandholtz, Yining Bei, and Kayla Caldwell

12. Retreat or retrenchment? An analysis of the International Criminal Court's failure to prosecute presidents / Kirsten Ainley

13. Searching for accountability of the private sector: civil liability of corporations for trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation in the European context / Julia Planitzer, Nora Katona, Barbara Linder, Karin Lukas

Part IV Opportunities

14. Business and human rights: exploring the limits of an expanding agenda on corporate responsibility / Anne Vestergaard and Michael Etter

15. Digital media and human rights: Loomio, Statistics New Zealand, and gender identity / Cynthia Stohl, Michael Stohl and Shiv Ganesh

16. Beyond global vs. local: Islam, feminism, and women's rights in Morocco / Jesilyn Faust

17. Contesting the citizenship gap: Advocacy, core rights, and women's rights reform / Feryal M. Cherif

18. Conclusion

From hope to fear in the millennium: Human rights in an age of backlash / Michael Stohl

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78811-233-4