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Human rights in international relations.

By: Forsythe, David P.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xiv, 355 p. : 23 cm.ISBN: 9781107629844.Subject(s): International Human Rights LawDDC classification: 341.48 HUM 2012 Summary: his third edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and national levels, with separate chapters on transnational corporations and advocacy groups. The third edition has been completely updated to include the latest developments on terrorism and counter-terrorism, pro-democracy protests in the Middle East, disputed elections in developing countries, criminal courts and truth commissions, and applications of the laws of war. New sections have been added on subjects such as women's rights and new case studies have been added in each chapter which show how specific rights fare in contemporary political contexts. Containing chapter-by-chapter guides to further reading and discussion questions, this book will be of interest to all students of human rights and their teachers.
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Part I The foundations
1. Introduction human rights in international relations
2. Establishing human rights standards
Part II Implementing human rights standards
3. Global application of human rights norms
4. Transitional justice criminal courts and alternatives
5. Regional application of human rights norms
6. Human rights and foreign policy in comparative perspective
7. Non -gonernmental organizations and human rights
8. Transnational corporations and human rights
Part III Conclusion
9. The politics of liberalism in a realism in a realist world

his third edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and national levels, with separate chapters on transnational corporations and advocacy groups. The third edition has been completely updated to include the latest developments on terrorism and counter-terrorism, pro-democracy protests in the Middle East, disputed elections in developing countries, criminal courts and truth commissions, and applications of the laws of war. New sections have been added on subjects such as women's rights and new case studies have been added in each chapter which show how specific rights fare in contemporary political contexts. Containing chapter-by-chapter guides to further reading and discussion questions, this book will be of interest to all students of human rights and their teachers.

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