African cinema and human rights / edited by Mette Hjort and Eva Jørholt.

Table of Contents: “…Filmmaking on the African continent: on the centrality of human rights thinking / Mette Hjort and Eva Jørholt -- Perspectives. …”
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Human rights and the digital divide / Anne Peacock. by Peacock, Anne

Table of Contents: “…2.3 Phase III: the 2003 and 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)2.4 Phase IV: the Internet Governance Forum and the WSIS implementation process; 2.5 Conclusion: the need to assess the digital divide phenomenon through a human rights legal framework; 3 Negative obligations; 3.1 Brief introduction to freedom of expression: Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR); 3.2 Yildirim v. …”
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Human Rights and Drug Control : a New Perspective. by Bone, Melissa L.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Table of international instruments; Table of international documents; Table of national legislation and documents; Table of cases; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: Developing a human rights perspective; 1 The origin and value of human rights and human drug use; 2 Human rights and the drug policy binary; 3 The legal architecture behind the human rights and drug control frameworks; PART II: Applying a human rights perspective; 4 Health rights, autonomy rights and the drug control framework…”
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Human rights in an information age : a philosophical analysis / Gregory J. Walters. by Walters, Gregory J., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : The information age revolution -- Purpose and methodology -- Three ethical challenges of Canadian Informaiton Highway Policy -- Aims and terminological presuppositions -- The conceptual importance of information to human rights -- Philosophical parameters and thesis -- Structure of the book -- The Philosophical framework : The information age in the context of modernity -- Human rights in the information age -- Information highway policy and e-commerce strategy : The public policy product cycle -- Historical and sociological specification of Canadian Communications Policy -- Industry Canada and the Information Highway Advisory Council -- IHAC policy phase I: 1993-95 -- IHAC policy phase II: 1996-98 -- IHAC policy phase III: the Canadian electronic commerce strategy -- Methodological and ethical analysis -- The information economy, work, and productive agency : Productive agency, work, and human capital -- Two justifications of private property -- Inequality and the restriction of property rights -- The global situation: the information economy -- The North American situation -- The information economy and the community of rights -- Privacy and security policy: the historical solution : The global situation -- The Canadian situation -- Conclusion -- Privacy and security: an ethical analysis : Surveying our technological situation -- Legal, social science, and philosophical conceptions of privacy -- Action theory and the ethical justification of privacy rights -- Privacy and security policy in the light of the principle of human rights -- Conclusion -- Information warfare : The 'revolution in military affairs' -- Information warfare: definitions and conceptions -- Global surveillance practices: the ECHELON Network -- Strategic information warfare rising -- Information warfare and international human rights law -- Information warfare and the principle of generic consistency -- A 'just' information war? …”
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Natural law and human rights : toward a recovery of practical reason / Pierre Manent ; translated by Ralph C. Hancock ; foreword by Daniel J. Mahoney. by Manent, Pierre

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Wittgenstein, politics and human rights / Robin Holt. by Holt, Robin, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; CONTRACTING AND HUMAN RIGHTS; BARRIERS TO BARGAINING; CONFESSION, NOT BARGAINING; 1 Private language ... ; CONCEPTS AS PICTURES; CONCEPTS AS DEEDS; CONCEPTS AS PRIVATE; CONCEPTS AS UNIVERSALS; 2 ... public rules; RULES AND CRITERIA; RULES AND FORMS OF LIFE; RULES AND CERTAINTY; RULES AND THE PRIMITIVE; 3 Linguistic selves; THE LINGUISTIC SELF AS PUPIL OF RULES AND MYTH; THE LINGUISTIC SELF, IMAGINATION AND WILL; THE SELF AND MACHINES; THE SELF AND MYTHS; THE SELF AND TRUTH; THE SELF AND CORE BEING; 4 Liberal and pragmatic forms; LIBERAL MYTH.…”
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Human rights in the 'War on Terror' / edited by Richard Ashby Wilson.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Human Rights in the Ẁar on Terror'; 1 Order, Rights and Threats: Terrorism and Global Justice; 2 Liberal Security; 3 The Human Rights Case for the War in Iraq: A Consequentialist View; 4 Human Rights as an Ethics of Power; 5 How Not to Promote Democracy and Human Rights; 6 War in Iraq: Not a Humanitarian Intervention; 7 The Tension between Combating Terrorism and Protecting Civil Liberties; 8 Fair Trials for Terrorists?…”
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Global Health and Human Rights : Legal and Philosophical Perspectives. by Harrington, John

Table of Contents: “…5 The ancillary-care responsibilities of researchers: Reasonable but not great expectations6 Human rights and health sector corruption; 7 The child's right to health and the courts; 8 The World Health Organization, the evolution of human rights, and the failure to achieve Health for All; 9 The human right to health in an age of market hegemony; Index.…”
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Human rights and the unborn child / by Rita Joseph. by Joseph, Rita

Table of Contents: “…UDHR recognition of the child before birth : analysis of the texts -- UDHR recognition of the child before birth : the historical context -- Fundamentals of the universal declaration's human rights protection -- The inaugural human right : to be born free and equal -- What is "appropriate" legal protection before as well as after birth? …”
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Strategic Visions for Human Rights : Essays in Honour of Professor Kevin Boyle. by Gilbert, Geoff

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Common acknowledgements and thanks; List of contributors; Table of cases; Table of treaties; Table of statutes; The common introduction; 1 War and peace in Northern Ireland: Reflections on the contribution of academic and human rights communities; 2 Law and human rights rather than international human rights law; 3 Universality, historical specificity and cultural difference in human rights; 4 Doing human rights: Three lessons from the field; 5 Rights and righteousness: Friends or foes?…”
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Human Rights and Intellectual Property : Mapping the Global Interface. by Helfer, Laurence R.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Mapping the Interface of Human Rights and Intellectual Property; Chapter 2 The Human Right to Health, Access to Patented Medicines, and the Restructuring of Global Innovation Policy; Chapter 3 Creators' Rights as Human Rights and the Human Right of Property; Chapter 4 Rights to Freedom of Expression, to Cultural Participation, and to Benefit from Scientific Advancements; Chapter 5 The Right to Education and Copyright in Learning Materials; Chapter 6 The Human Right to Food, Plant Genetic Resources, and Intellectual Property.…”
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights : origins, drafting, and intent / Johannes Morsink. by Morsink, Johannes

Subjects: “…Universal Declaration of Human Rights History.…”
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Human rights and social equality. challenges for social work / edited by Sven Hessle ; [and forty one others], contributors.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; A Global Agenda as Point of Departure; Selection of Contributions for the Volumes; Human Rights and Social Equality; 2 Human Rights and Social Equality; Growing Gaps; Austerity Programs; Extreme Nationalistic Movements; Right to an Adequate Standard of Living; Affirmative Action Necessary; 3 Social Work and Human Rights: An African Perspective; Introduction; The Impact of Colonialism; New Forms of Imperialism; The Complicity of African Leaders in Human Rights Violations.…”
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Human rights in the Arab world : independent voices / edited by Anthony Tirado Chase and Amr Hamzawy.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Human Rights and Agency in the Arab World; Part I: Human Rights, Islam, Islamists; 1 The Tail and the Dog: Constructing Islam and Human Rights in Political Context; 2 A Question of Human Rights Ethics: Defending the Islamists; Part II: Globalization and the Impact of Human Rights; 3 Globalization and Human Rights: On a Current Debate Among Arab Intellectuals; 4 Transnational Human Rights Networks and Human Rights in Egypt; 5 Women, Citizenship, and Civil Society in the Arab World; Part III: Problems of Human Rights NGOs and Activism.…”
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Human Rights and Private Law : Privacy as Autonomy. by Ziegler, Katja S.

Table of Contents: “…Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Table of Cases; Table of International and European Instruments; Table of National Instruments; 1. Introduction: Human Rights and Private Law -- Privacy as Autonomy; Part I: Cross-Sectional Issues: Human Rights and Private Law; Part I.A: Privacy as a Human Right in Conflict with Other Human Rights; 2. …”
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The European Convention on Human Rights : collected essays / by Loukis G. Loucaides. by Loukaidēs, Loukēs G.

Table of Contents: “…The rules of interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights -- The concept of "continuing" violations of human rights -- The rule of law and human rights with special reference to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rghts (ECHR) -- The prohibition of discrimination under protocol 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights -- Determining the extra-territorial effect of the European Convention : facts, jurisprudence and the Banković case -- The European Convention on Human Rights and the rights of persons with disabilities -- The judgment of the European court of human rights in the case of Cyprus v. …”
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Human Rights and Scots Law : Comparative Perspectives on the Incorporation of the ECHR. by Boyle, Alan

Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries; Table of Treaties and other Instruments; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of National Legislation; 1 Human Rights and Scots Law Introduction; 2 Human Rights Devolution and Public Law; 3 The Hamebringing Devolving Rights Seriously; 4 The Role of the Advocate General for Scotland; 5 Constitutionalising the Role of the Judge Scotland and the New Order; 6 Judicial Review Locus Standi and Remedies the Impact of the Human Rights Act; 7 The Swedish Experience of the ECHR Since Incorporation; 8 Private Rights Private Law and the Private Domain.…”
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Human rights, development and decolonization : the International Labour Organization, 1940-70. by Maul, Daniel Roger

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Photographs; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Timeline; Introduction; The International Labour Organization; Human rights, development and emancipation; International organizations as historical actors; International organizations and decolonization; Prologue: Separate worlds -- The ILO and "native labour", 1919-39; Mise en valeur, indirect rule and forced labour: colonial social policy between the wars; The exception to the rule: the "Native Labour Code"; Part I "A People's Peace in the Colonies", 1940-47.…”
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Popular Music and Human Rights : (Two-volume set). by Peddie, Ian

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Human rights and the United States / H. Victor Condé, Charles F. Gelsinger. by Condé, H. Victor, 1947-, Gelsinger, Charles F.

Table of Contents: “…Chronology of U.S. human rights moments & events -- Chapter 3. U.S. State Department, Secretary of State & human rights -- Chapter 4. …”
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