Twilight of Human Rights Law

by Eric A. Posner

Book Overview

Countries solemnly intone their commitment to human rights, and they ratify endless international treaties and conventions designed to signal that commitment. At the same time, there has been no marked decrease in human rights violations, even as the language of human rights has become the dominant mode of international moral criticism. Well-known violators like Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan have sat on the U.N. Council on Human Rights. But it's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019931344X
• ISBN13: 9780199313440
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.4"