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Human rights : between idealism and realism

By combining conceptual analysis with an emphasis on procedures and mechanisms of implementation, this text provides an overview of human rights. After briefly examining the history of human rights, the author analyses the intellectual framework that forms the basis of their legitimacy.
Print Book, English, 2003
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003
xlvi, 370 pages ; 24 cm
9780199268610, 9780199268627, 0199268614, 0199268622
1000798773
Table of Treaties and Other Relevant Instruments; 1. Introduction; 2. History of Human Rights; 3. The Different 'Generations' of Human Rights: From Human Rights to Good Governance; 4. Universality of Human Rights; 5. Implementation at National Level; 6. The Work of the Political Bodies of International Organizations; 7. The Work of Expert Bodies: Examination of State Reports; 8. The Work of Expert Bodies: Complaint Procedures and Fact-finding; 9. Supervision by International Tribunals; 10. Enforcement by States and the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations; 11. Mitigating the Effects of Armed Conflict: Humanitarian Law; 12. Criminal Prosecution of Human Rights Violations; 13. Civil Suits against Human Rights Violators; 14. Time for Hope, or Time for Despair?