Contemporary Human Rights Ideas: Rethinking theory and practice

by Bertrand Ramcharan

Book Overview

Written by a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2003-4), this book has been fully updated for a second edition and continues to provide a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the foundational human rights ideas of our times and shows that every government is under international obligation to respect and uphold universal human rights.

Updates include:

Discussion of the recent intellectual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138807141
• ISBN13: 9781138807143
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"