International Human Rights

• The authors are leading academics in the area of International Human Rights, providing the reader with an unparalleled level of authority and insight.
• The lucid analysis of the key themes places the subject in its socio-political context and highlights the topics being debated today.
• The carefully chosen diverse range of extracts from primary and secondary legislation, from case law and from academic writings lead the reader to the heart of the subject area.
• Questions are posed throughout the book to encourage deeper reflection and critical enquiry.

New to this edition

• Completely up-to-date, including substantially revised materials dealing with women's rights, economic and social rights, the UN human rights machinery, the International Criminal Court, the responsibility to protect, universal jurisdiction, and conflicts in culture and traditional practices.
• Includes two new chapters, on fact-finding by international human rights organisations, and empirical research on the effectiveness of the international human rights regime.
• New sections on key topics have been added throughout the book, including discussion of sexual orientation.

Readership: Students taking courses in international human rights, international law and human rights, as well as international relations.

Philip Alston, New York University Law School, and Ryan Goodman, New York University Law School

Philip Alston is John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law

Professor Ryan Goodman is Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at New York University School of Law

"The most stimulating book that I know of in the field of human rights." - Georges Abi-Saab, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva

"...it is clearly and accessibly written and provides an excellent balance between commentary and analysis." - The Student Law Journal

"... imaginative and stimulating materials with thought-provoking commentary... a wonderful teaching tool, as well as a valuable starting point for research." - Hilary Charlesworth, Australian National University

PART A INTRODUCTORY NOTIONS AND BACKGROUND TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME
1: Human rights Concepts and Discourse
2: The Human Rights Regime: Background and Birth
PART B NORMATIVE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
3: Civil and Political Rights
4: Economic and Social Rights
5: National Security, Terrorism and the Law of Armed Conflict
PART C RIGHTS, DUTIES AND DILEMMAS OF UNIVERSALISM
6: Rights or Duties as Organizing Concepts
7: Conflict in Culture, Tradition and Practices: Challenges to Universalism
PART D INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
8: The United Nations Human Rights System
9: Treaty Bodies: The ICCPR Human Rights Committee
10: International Human Rights Fact-Finding
11: Regional Arrangements
PART E STATES AS PROTECTORS AND ENFORCERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12: Vertical Interpenetration: International Human Rights Law Within States' Legal and Political Orders
13: Horizontal Interpenetration: Transnational Influence and Enforcement of Human Rights
14: Measuring and Evaluating Human Rights Performance
PART F CURRENT TOPICS
15: Massive Human Rights Tragedies: Prosecutions and Truth Commissions
16: Non-State Actors and Human Rights
17: Human Rights, Development and Climate Change