International Human Rights Fifth Edition[国际人权 第五版]

InternationalHumanRightsoffersanaccessible,problem-basedpedagogythatgetsstudentstoconsidertheissuesfromapolitical,aswellaslegal,perspective.Balancingpracticalconsiderationsandunderlyingtheory,thisoutstandingauthorteamdelivershistoricalperspectiveandcontemporarycoverageofhumanrightseffortsaroundtheglobe.Thoroughlyupdated,theFifthEditionexplainstheimpactofthe2006-2007reformoftheUnitedNations'humanrightssystem,includingcreationofanewUNHumanRightsCouncilandtheimpactofthe2007declarationontherightsofindigenouspeoples.InternationalHumanRights:ProblemsofLaw,Policy,andPractice,features:˙broadcoverageofrecentdevelopmentsinsubstantiveareasofhumanrights,includingdevelopmentsintheUnitedNationsandregionalsystems,aswellasinthejurisprudenceofnationalcourts˙comparativeanalysisofthetheoryandpracticeofhumanitarianinterventioninKosovo,Rwanda,Darfur,andelsewhere˙reviewofinfluentialfactorsinthehistoryofhumanrightslaw,policy,andpractice˙theimpactofhumanrightsissuesontheU.S.-ChinarelationshipNewintheFifthEdition:˙analysisofthe2006-2007reformoftheUNhumanrightsmachinery,includingthenewUNHumanRightsCouncil˙anevaluationofthegoalsandweaknessesoftheUN'sresponsibilitytoprotect;doctrine,inthecontextofcallsforinterventioninDarfurandelsewhere˙in-depthdiscussionofpost-9/11detentionofsuspectedterroristsandrelatedU.S.practice˙substantiveexaminationofanumberofcontemporaryissues,includingreligionsrightsinEuropeandindigenousrightsintheAmericas˙newhumanrightsdevelopmentsinAfrica,Asia,andtheArabWorld