International Human Rights in the 21st Century

Protecting the Rights of Groups

Contributions by Eva Brems, Jack Donnelly, Hurst Hannum, Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Marc Weller, Nicholas Wheeler Edited by Gene M. Lyons, James Mayall

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Publication date:

14 January 2003

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780742523524

The Universal Declaration for Human Rights was approved in 1948 and yet more than fifty years later some human rights—especially the rights of groups such as women, minorities, and indigenous peoples—continue to be at risk. This book examines recent humanitarian catastrophes involving such groups and suggests how the society of states may develop a collective capacity for human rights enforcement. Above all, it emphasizes the long term efforts to stabilize weak or failing societies and to develop democratic governments on which the protection of human rights ultimately depends.
This fine volume focuses on group rights, a field that is attracting new attention in the post-Cold War era. The arguments arephilosophically stimulating, draw on an impressive history of ideas, and place human rights in context relative to other factors driving international relations. The authors score a major achievement.