International Human Rights by Philip Alston Ryan Goodman

2011

[The historian's] role is to put in order in its historical setting what we experience piecemeal from day to day, so that in place of sporadic experience, the continuity of events becomes visible. An age that has lost its consciousness of the things that shape its life will know neither where it stands nor, even less, at what it aims.

Human Rights in International Relations, 2012

David Forsythe’s successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in international politics. A central paradox summarizes developments: while human rights is more firmly estab- lished in international law than ever before, the actual protection of human rights faces increased challenges. The book focuses on four central themes: the resilience of human rights norms, the importance of “soft” law, the key role of non-governmental organizations, and the changing nature of state sovereignty. Human rights standards are exam- ined according to global, regional, and national levels of analysis with a separate chapter dedicated to transnational corporations. This third edition has been updated to reflect recent events, notably the persis- tence of both militant Islam and tough counterterrorism policies, the growing power of China and other states not entirely sympathetic to many human rights, and various economic difficulties which highlight the costs associated with a serious attention to human rights. Containing chapter-by-chapter guides to further reading and discussion questions, this book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of human rights, and their teachers.

Ethics & International Affairs, 2012

LLM Subject - 2021 - Kent Law School. Feel free to use it with due acknowledgment. About the Subject: Human rights occupy an extremely important place in contemporary discussions about law, justice and politics at both the domestic and the international level. Across all spheres of government, bodies of law and, pretty much, in every single social mobilization, human rights are invoked and debated. Just pay attention to the legal arguments underpinning or being mobilized in the news tonight. From access to drinking water and the protection of environmental resources in developed and developing countries, to contestations about the importance of more direct forms of citizens’ participation in the running of national and international affairs, to the challenging of gender stereotypes across the world, to battles around how to create a less unequal world, human rights have become an important language to advance all sorts of agendas. In doing so, human rights have become the horizon of what’s desirable and, at the same time, of what seems possible today. As such, human rights are giving a particular shape to our individual and collectives lives. This module approaches this key place occupied by human rights in the contemporary world from an international perspective. In placing our focus at the international level, the module aims to link the international human rights norms and human rights systems, with the actual practice and operation of human rights across the globe. Particular attention is paid in the module to the value, as well as the limits of human rights when they approach, or try to address the problems and the aspirations of six important ‘subjects’ – ‘subjects’ (human and non-human) which human rights have themselves helped to constitute in their current form: the Citizen, the Corporation, the Refugee, the Woman, the Non-Human Entity, and the Poor. The module is organized around lectures and seminars delivered by the convenor, as well as lectures given by invited guest speaker. Guest speakers are Kent Law School and external scholars with expertise in different areas of human rights. They will explore in their lectures how they have approached in their research and practice the six ‘subjects’ mentioned above (i.e. the Citizen, the Corporation, the Refugee, the Woman, the Non-Human Entity, and the Poor). The objective of inviting guest speakers to the module is to give you the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of different areas of human rights (in particular in terms of how human rights come to deal with the needs of specific subjects), and to familiarize you with different ways to think, theorize and use human rights today.

Review of Adam McBeth, Justine Nolan and Simon Rice, The International Law of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Case W. Res. J. Int'l L., 1992

B. Selected Bibliography KURT JULIUS LACHMANN, THE RENAISSANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL (1947). An examination of the demise of Benthamism and the rise of Carlyle and Dicey with the attendent loss of the autonomy of the individual. Mr. Lackman gives his prescription for the return of the prominence of the individual. J. JOSEF LADOR-LEDERER, INTERNATIONAL GROUP PROTECTION (1968). Mr. Lador-Lederer gives the case for human rights as a Natural Law phenomenon. He examines the rights and duties of persons and institutions addressed by the law.