International Human Rights International Human Rights

A Survey

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvCher Weixia Chen,Alison Dundes Renteln

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This textbook provides an interdisciplinary overview of international human rights issues, offering international coverage (especially the Global South). Fully revised and updated, this second edition considers the philosophical foundations of human rights, explores the interpretive difficulties associated with identifying what constitutes human rights abuses, and evaluates various perspectives on human rights. It then analyzes institutions that strive to promote and enforce human rights standards including the United Nations system, regional human rights bodies, and domestic courts. It also discusses a wide variety of substantive human rights issues including genocide, torture, capital punishment and other forms of punishment. In particular, it covers understudied topics such as socio-economic rights, cultural rights and environmental rights, and emerging issues, such as right to health and human rights and technology. It focuses on the rights of marginalized groups including children's rights, rights of persons with disabilities, women's rights, labor rights, Indigenous rights, and LGBTQ+ rights.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-30
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor650
Upplaga2
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009854993

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Cher Weixia Chen is Associate Professor in the School of Integrative Studies and founder of the Human Rights and Global Justice Initiative, George Mason University. she is the recipient of the 2021 GMU Oscar Mentoring Excellence Award (2021), Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice (2023–2024), Human Rights in Higher Education Award by University and College Consortium for Human Rights Education (2024), and GMU CHSS Faculty Civic Excellence Award (2025). Alison Dundes Renteln is Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Law, and Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Dr. Renteln has received several awards for teaching, research, and mentoring. Her publications include seven books and over seventy articles. She has collaborated with the United Nations and the American Bar Association on human rights, judicial integrity, and rule of law programs. In 2024–2025 she conducted research on cultural rights at the World Bank on a Council on Foreign Relations international affairs fellowship.

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: overview of human rights; 2. Human rights machinery: enforcement mechanisms; 3. Genocide; 4. Torture; 5. The death penalty and cruel, degrading, and inhuman punishment; 6. Socio-economic rights; 7. Cultural rights; 8. Environmental protection and human rights; 9. Indigenous rights; 10. The rights of persons with disabilities; 11. Labor rights as human rights; 12. Children's rights; 13. Women's rights; 14. LGBTQ+ rights; 15. Media and human rights; 16. Right to health; 17. Human rights and technology; 18. Conclusion: the future of human rights; Index.