Creating human rights : how noncitizens made sex persecution matter to the world / Lisa S. Alfredson. by Alfredson, Lisa S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the sex persecution campaigns -- Human rights, social movement, and asylum seeking -- Global challenges and opportunities for sex-based asylum seeking -- Moving in : asylum seekers' national rights, resources, and opportunities -- "Use my name" : noncitizen identity, decisions, and mobilization -- Universalizing national rights : political confrontation, and cultural framing -- Making sex persecution matter.…”
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The business of human rights : an evolving agenda for corporate responsibility / edited by Aurora Voiculescu and Helen Yanacopulos.

Table of Contents: “…Human rights in business contexts: an overview / Aurora Voiculescu and Helen Yanacopulos -- Human rights and the normative ordering of global capitalism management / Aurora Voiculescu -- Brands, corporate social responsibility and reputation management / Fiona Harris -- Transforming labour standards into labour rights / Piya Pangsapa and Mark J. …”
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Writing human rights : the political imaginaries of writers of color / Crystal Parikh. by Parikh, Crystal

Table of Contents: “…Good Life, the UN World, and the Human Rights Record. UN International Bill of Human Rights -- Toni Morrison, Beloved -- 1. …”
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Human rights in turmoil : facing threats, consolidating achievements / by Stéphanie Lagoutte, Hans-Otto Sano and Peter Scharff Smith. by Lagoutte, Stéphanie

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Human rights in turmoil : facing threats, consolidating achievements / Stephanie Lagoutte, Hans-Otto Sano, Peter Scharff Smith -- The UN reform process in an implementation perspective / Morten Kjaerum -- The future of the European human rights contol system : fighting with its back to the wall / Stephanie Lagoutte -- Human rights reinforcement and globalisation : reflections about global governance / Hans-Otto Sano -- The uneasy balance between individual rights and the necessity of communities / Sten Schaumburg-Muller -- Human rights on the battlefield / John Cerone -- Terrorism and human rights / Peter Vedel Kessing -- Humanitarian intervention and state sovereignty : a social constructivist analysis / Helle Malmvig -- Manoeuvring in the turbulent sea of human rights and religion : religious communities approaching human rights / Eva Maria Lassen -- Freedom from want : globalisation and social security / Hatla Thelle -- Prisons and human rights : the case of solitary confinement in Denmark and the US from the 1820s until today / Peter Scharff Smith -- The right to a nationality and the European Convention on Human Rights / Eva Ersboll -- Reflections of a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights / Isi Foighel.…”
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Sexuality and human rights : a global overview / Helmut Graupner, Phillip Tahmindjis, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Sexuality and international human rights law /…”
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Human Rights Standards : Hegemony, Law, and Politics. by Mutua, Makau

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Norm Setting in International Law and Human Rights; Historical Antecedents; The Universal Declaration and the Promise of a Normative Foundation; Chapter Two: The Process of Standard Setting in Human Rights ; Standards, Norms, and Rights: Internally Displaced Persons as a Case Study ; The Weight of Declarations ; Traditional Obstacles to Standard Setting; Obstinacy of Global Powers in Human Rights Standard Setting; Politics as Obstruction; The Ownership of Norms and Standards; The Evolution of Ownership.…”
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The human rights paradox : universality and its discontents / edited by Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction. Embracing paradox: human rights in a global age / Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus -- Part I. …”
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Sociology and human rights : a bill of rights for the twenty-first century / Judith Blau, Mark Frezzo, editors.

Table of Contents: “…What are universal human rights? -- Introduction / Mark Frezzo -- Deepening civil and political rights / Mark Frezzo -- Ensuring economic and social rights / Louis Edgar Esparza -- Promoting cultural rights / Laura Toussaint -- Globalizing the human rights perspective / Bruce K. …”
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Human Rights at Work : Perspectives on Law and Regulation. by Fenwick, Colin

Table of Contents: “…Prelims; Foreword; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 The Application of Human Rights Discourse to Labour Relations: Translation of Theory into Practice; Part I National Perspectives; 2 Workers' Human Rights in Australia; 3 Legal Protection of Workers' Rights as Human Rights: Brazil; 4 The Growing Impact of Human Rights on Canadian Labour Law; 5 China's Legal Protection of Workers' Human Rights; 6 Workers' Human Rights in English Law; 7 Enforcing Labour Rights through Human Rights Norms: The Approach of the Supreme Court of India.…”
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Democracy as human rights : freedom and equality in the age of globalization / Michael Goodhart. by Goodhart, Michael E., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…States of confusion : democracy in an age of globalization -- Sovereignty and the modern configuration of rule -- Sovereign democracy -- Globalization and the paradox of sovereign democracy -- The limits of modern democracy -- The emancipatory tradition of democratic theory -- Democracy as human rights -- Institutionalizing democracy as human rights -- Implementing democracy as human rights -- Conclusion : globalization, neoliberalism, and democratization.…”
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Human rights diplomacy : contemporary perspectives / by Michael O'Flaherty [and others].

Table of Contents: “…Framework for the analysis of human rights diplomacy / George Ulrich -- A short reflection on human rights diplomacy / Robert Archer -- The role of human rights ambassadors in human rights diplomacy : perspectives from Spain / Silvia Escobar -- Human rights diplomacy of small states / Eamonn Mac Aodha -- The European Union as a human rights actor / Toby King -- Human rights diplomacy and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights / Thomas Hammarberg and Isil Gachet -- Human rights diplomacy from a UN perspective : a complement to advocacy / Ibrahim Salama -- The United Nations Human Rights Treaty bodies as diplomatic actors / Michael O'Flaherty -- The human rights diplomacy of the UN Secretary-General / Bertrand G. …”
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The UN and Human Rights : Who Guards the Guardians?. by Verdirame, Guglielmo

Table of Contents: “…The struggle to end the slave trade and the origins of modern international humanitarianismBritish efforts to assert a general right to search and seizure of vessels; Courts and the slave trade; The progressive adoption of multilateral treaty standards; The birth of modern humanitarianism; Humanitarianism and human rights; Accountability; 2 Human rights obligations of international organisations; Introduction; The meaning of institutional practice; International legal personality; Autonomy and personality; Legal personality in international decisions.…”
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The idea of human rights / Charles R. Beitz. by Beitz, Charles R.

Subjects: “…Human rights Political aspects.…”
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Human rights of women : national and international perspectives / edited by Rebecca J. Cook.

Table of Contents: “…Women's International Human Rights Law: The Way Forward / Rebecca J. Cook -- 2. …”
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The human rights state : justice within and beyond sovereign nations / Benjamin Gregg. by Gregg, Benjamin Greenwood, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…A Project for the Free Embrace of Human Rights --…”
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The ethics of human rights : contested doctrinal and moral issues / Esther D. Reed. by Reed, Esther D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The question of rights -- On the relation between divine law and human law -- Revelation and Christ : the measure of "natural rights" -- Human rights and a tropological reading of Genesis 9:1-17 -- God's command to "multiply" and the right to reproduce -- Animal rights and the responsibilities of "dominion" -- War, democracy, and the retreat from human rights.…”
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Incarceration and human rights : the Oxford Amnesty Lectures. by Mccarthy, Melissa

Table of Contents: “…Anne Owers: Prisons inspection and the protection of human rights ; 1a. Liora Lazarus: Inspecting the tail of the dog ; 2. …”
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Literature and human rights : the law, the language and the limitations of human rights discourse / edited by Ian Ward.

Table of Contents: “…Empathy, literature and human rights: the case of Elliot Perlman, The Street Sweeper / Helle Porsdam -- Privacy, blighted Lives, and a blindspot in British law / Richard Mullender -- A squeamishness about existing: Fernando Pessoa's quiet rejection of the human in The Book of Disquiet / Maria Aristodemou -- I and another: rethinking the subject of human rights with Dostoyevsky, Bakhtin and Simondon / Riccardo Baldissone -- Dehumanizing the enemy: how to avoid human rights / Daniela Carpi -- Am I not a man and a brother? …”
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The endtimes of human rights / Stephen Hopgood. by Hopgood, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Moral authority in a godless world -- The church of human rights -- The Holocaust metanarrative -- The moral architecture of suffering -- Human rights and American power -- Human rights empire -- Of gods and nations -- The NeoWestphalian world.…”
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Human Rights, Inc. : the world novel, narrative form, and international law / Joseph R. Slaughter. by Slaughter, Joseph R.

Table of Contents: “…the legibility of human rights --…”
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