Yvonne Vissing

Human Rights Around the World

A Reference Handbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explore how political, economic, and societal forces impact the state of human rights and civil liberties around the globe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9798765120033
• Artikelnr.: 73223240

Autorenporträt

Yvonne Vissing

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Background and History What Are Human Rights?
Social Norms and Natural Law
Types of Human Rights
Three Generations of Rights Frameworks Historical Contributions
Ancient World
Europe
United States
International War Development of International Treaties
UN Charter
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions of 1949
The Refugee Convention
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Modern Threats to Human Rights
Authoritarianism
Disinformation
Discrimination
Health Crises Snapshot of Human Rights around the World
Africa
North America
South America
Asia
Australia and Oceania
Europe Further Reading 2: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions Quality of Life Rights Issues
Education
Food
Health
Housing
Work Safety from the State Rights Issues
Arbitrary Arrest
Forced Disappearance
Capital Punishment
Corporal Punishment
Life in Prison without Parole
Terrorism
Guns and Mass Shootings
War Empowerment Rights Issues
Assembly and Association
Opinion and Expression
Religious Freedom
Participation in Government
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Gender and Sexual Orientation
Race
Age
Ability
Population Growth and Migration
Climate Change and the Environment
Autocracy and Authoritarianism
Disinformation Conclusion Further Reading 3: Perspectives Everyone Has the Right to Work . . . Except Many Older Adults, Jan Marie Fritz Championing Children's Rights: A Moral Imperative, Laura Guercio How to Survive a Pandemic: The Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications, Theresa Harris Explaining the Origins of Democratic Backsliding, Steven Livingston A Thousand Words on Children's Rights, Jane Williams 4: Profiles Individuals
Thomas Aquinas (1225
1274)
Muhammad Ali (1942
2016)
Kofi Annan (1938
2018)
Susan B. Anthony (1820
1906)
Michelle Bachelet (1951
)
Raif (Raef) bin Muhammed Badawi (1948
)
Ralph Bunche (1904
1971)
Helen Caldicott (1938
)
Jimmy Carter (1924
2024)
Cesar Chavez (1927
1993)
Cyrus the Great (600 BCE
500 BCE)
14th Dali Lama (1935
)
F. W. de Klerk (1936
2021)
Patrick Dodson (1948
)
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868
1963)
Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928
2016)
Nancy Flowers
Marielle Franco (1979
2018)
Betty Friedan (1921
2006)
Mahatma Gandhi (1869
1948)
Hugo Grotius (1583
1645)
Deb Haaland (1960
)
Befaqadu (Befekadu) Hailu (1980
)
Michael Harrington (1928
1989)
Nancy Herz (1996
)
Hin
mah
too
yah
lat
kekt (Chief Joseph) (1840
1904)
Jose Ramos Horta (1949
)
Hilaria Supa Huamán (1957
)
Eglantyne Jebb (1876
1928)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929
1968)
Maggie Kuhn (1905
1995)
John Lewis (1940
2020)
Laura Lundy (1955
)
Nelson Mandela (1918
2013)
Thurgood Marshall (1908
1993)
Rigoberta Menchú (1959
)
Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny (1976
2024)
Tran Minh Nhat (1988
)
Audrey Osler (1950
)
Rosa Parks (1913
2005)
Alice Paul (1887
1997)
Ed Roberts (1939
1995)
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884
1962)
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712
1778)
Bertrand Russell (1872
1970)
Andrei Sakharov (1921
1989)
Alexya Salvador (1980
)
Óscar Arias Sánchez (1940
)
Oskar Schindler (1908
1974)
Albert Schweitzer (1875
1965)
Hugh Starkey (1954
)
Greta Thunberg (2003
)
Arnold Toynbee (1852
1883)
Sojourner Truth (1797
1883)
Desmond Tutu (1931
2021)
Lech Walesa (1943
)
Ida B. Wells
Barnett (1862
1931)
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (1928
2016)
Roy Wilkins (1901
1981)
Liu Xiaobo (1955
2017)
Malala Yousafzai (1997
)
Muhammad Yunus (1940
)
Ofelia Zepeda (1952
) Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science Human Rights Council
American Civil Liberties Union
Amnesty International
Anti
Slavery International
The Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Center for Excellence in Child and Adolescent Health Research
Centre for Sport and Human Rights
Civil Rights Defenders
Cultural Survival
Doctors Without Borders
Equitas
Every Human Has Rights
European Centre for Minority Issues
Everytown USA
The Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment
Global Rights
Habitat for Humanity
Hope for Children CRC Policy Center
Human Rights Educators USA
Human Rights Measurement Initiative
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Human Rights Watch
International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent
International Criminal Court
KidsRights
Leading for Kids
Musicians for Human Rights
Norwegian Refugee Council
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Oxfam
Physicians for Human Rights
Protection International
Refugees International
Save the Children
Southern Poverty Law Center
UNICEF
Universities Network for Children in Armed Conflict
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library Further Reading 5: Primary Documents US Bill of Rights (1791) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations (1948) Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations (1989) Testimony of Leopoldo Lopez to US Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2023) Testimony of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to US Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2023) Testimony of Amy Spitalnick to US House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and the Law (2023) 6: Resources Books Journals Articles Treaties, Acts, and Declarations Online Resources Videos 7. Chronology Glossary Index