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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791199403321

Autore

Hiro Dilip

Titolo

War without end : the rise of Islamist terrorism and global response / / Dilip Hiro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-48563-5

0-415-28802-9

1-315-01568-4

1-136-48556-2

Edizione

[revision edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (556 p.)

Disciplina

956.04

Soggetti

Islamic fundamentalism - Middle East - History - 20th century

Islam and politics - Middle East - History - 20th century

Terrorism - Middle East - History - 20th century

Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam

Middle East Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Prologue; Preface; Part I Islam; 1 The rise of Islam: Sunnis and Shias; 2 Orthodox Islam and Sufism; 3 Islam in modern times; Part II Islamic ideologies and fundamentalist states; 4 The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and its offshoots; 5 Saudi Arabia: the oldest fundamentalist state; 6 Afghanistan: fundamentalism victorious, with American backing; Part III slamist terrorism and global response; 7 Bombing of US embassies: a wake-up call; 8 Eighty minutes that shook the world and global response

9 Ongoing war against terror: an uncharted territory10 Summary and conclusions; Epilogue; Notes; Abbreviations; Glossary of foreign terms; Appendix I: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1368; Appendix II: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the historical and political context to explain acts of terror, including the September 11th, and the bombing of American



Embassies in Nairobi and Dar as Salaam and the West's responses. Providing a brief history of Islam as a religion and as socio-political ideology, Dilip Hiro goes on to outline the Islamist movements that have thrived in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, and their changing relationship with America. It is within this framework that the rising menace of Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaida network is discussed.The Pentagon's amazingly swift victo

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910426040203321

Autore

Schimmel Noam

Titolo

Advancing International Human Rights Law Responsibilities of Development NGOs : Respecting and Fulfilling the Right to Reparative Justice for Genocide Survivors in Rwanda / / by Noam Schimmel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030502706

3030502708

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 140 p.)

Disciplina

341.481

320

Soggetti

Political science

Economic development

Humanitarian law

Human rights

Political Science

Development Studies

International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict

Human Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Defining Reparative Justice and Global Examples of its Implementation -- Chapter 3 Treaty Law for States, Soft Law addressing Non-State Actors and The Human Rights



Responsibilities of NGOs -- Chapter 4 How International Human Rights Law Potentially Applies to Development NGOs in a Post Mass Atrocity Context Working in Partnership with/As Proxies of States -- Chapter 5 Rwanda Case Study -- Chapter 6 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the potential responsibilities to respect, protect and fulfill international human rights law (IHRL) of a particular class of non-state actors: non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It calls for NGOs pursuing development to respect and fulfill the human right of genocide survivors to reparative justice in Rwanda. It argues that NGOs have social and moral responsibilities to respect and fulfill IHRL, and for greater accountability for them to do so. The book focuses on those NGOs advancing development in a post genocide transitional justice context acting simultaneously in partnership with state governments, as proxies and agents for these governments, and providing essential public goods and social services as part of their development remit. It defines development as a process of expanding realization of social, economic, and cultural rights addressing food security, economic empowerment/poverty reduction, healthcare, housing, education, and other fundamentalhuman needs while integrating these alongside the expansion of freedoms and protections afforded by civil and political rights. It uses post genocide Rwanda as a case study to illustrate how respect and fulfillment of the IHRL pertaining to reparative justice are hindered by failing to hold NGOs responsible for IHRL. Consequently, this results in discrimination against, marginalization, and the disadvantaging of survivors of the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi and violations of their human rights. Noam Schimmel is Professorial Lecturer and was Visiting Associate Professor of Ethics and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, and is Lecturer in International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is an associate fellow at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University's Faculty of Law where he was previously O'Brien Fellow and Visiting Fellow. He has conducted human rights research as a research officer at the London School of Economics, at Kellogg College, Oxford University, and at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Oxford University's Faculty of Law. He was Associate Professor at Future Generations University from 2018-2019.