International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice (Aspen Casebook Series)

International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice (Aspen Casebook Series)

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<b>International Human Rights</b> offers an accessible, problem-based pedagogy that gets students to consider the issues from a political, as well as legal, perspective. Balancing practical considerations and underlying theory, this outstanding author team delivers historical perspective and contemporary coverage of human rights efforts around the globe. </p> <p> Thoroughly updated, the <b>Fifth Edition</b> explains the impact of the 2006-2007 reform of the United Nations' human rights system, including creation of a new UN Human Rights Council and the impact of the 2007 declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. </p> <p> <b>International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice, features</b> : </p> <ul> <li> <b>broad coverage of recent developments in substantive areas of human rights</b> , including developments in the United Nations and regional systems, as well as in the jurisprudence of national courts </li> <li> <b>comparative analysis</b> of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention in <b>Kosovo, Rwanda, Darfur</b>, and elsewhere </li> <li> <b>review of influential factors in the history of human rights law</b>, policy, and practice </li> <li> <b>the impact of human rights issues on the U.S.-China relationship</b> </li> </ul> <p> <b>New in the Fifth Edition</b>: </p> <ul> <li> <b>analysis of the 2006-2007 reform of the UN human rights machinery</b>, including the new UN Human Rights Council </li> <li> <b>an evaluation of the goals and weaknesses of the UN's responsibility to protect; doctrine, in the context of calls for intervention in Darfur and elsewhere</b> </li> <li> in-depth discussion of <b>post-9/11 detention of suspected terrorists</b> and related U.S. practice </li> <li> substantive examination of a number of contemporary issues, including religions rights <b>in Europe and indigenous rights in the Americas </b> </li> <li> new human rights developments in Africa, Asia, and the Arab World </li> </ul> </p>