International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles: Returning to Universal Principles - Softcover

Gibney, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742556301 ISBN 13: 9780742556300

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

This clear and compelling book challenges the reader to rethink the entire basis for human rights, providing a vastly different vision of a way forward out of our current quagmire. Mark Gibney persuasively advocates for a much broader reading of the law on state responsibility, arguing that current law misses most of the ways in which states fail to protect human rights and police violations. Calling for other measures to provide victims the 'effective remedy' that international human rights law promises, Gibney sets forth a series of practical steps that would profoundly change the nature of human rights protection.

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About the Author

Mark Gibney is Belk Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742556301
• ISBN 13: 9780742556300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162