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Rescuing Human Rights: A Radically Moderate Approach
Contributor(s): Hannum, Hurst (Author)

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 ISBN: 1108405363     ISBN-13: 9781108405362
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $35.14  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Political Science | Civil Rights
Dewey: 323
LCCN: 2018042533
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.1" W x 9" L (0.80 lbs) 240 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Choice 09/01/2019
 
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The development of human rights norms is one of the most significant achievements in international relations and law since 1945, but the continuing influence of human rights is increasingly being questioned by authoritarian governments, nationalists, and pundits. Unfortunately, the proliferation of new rights, linking rights to other issues such as international crimes or the activities of business, and attempting to address every social problem from a human rights perspective risk undermining their credibility. Rescuing Human Rights calls for understanding 'human rights' as international human rights law and maintaining the distinctions between binding legal obligations on governments and broader issues of ethics, politics, and social change. Resolving complex social problems requires more than simplistic appeals to rights, and adopting a 'radically moderate' approach that recognizes both the potential and the limits of international human rights law, offers the best hope of preserving the principle that we all have rights, simply because we are human.

Contributor Bio(s): Hannum, Hurst: - Hurst Hannum is Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Massachusetts. He has authored numerous books and articles on human rights and has served as counsel and advocate before European, inter-American, and UN human rights institutions.
 
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