04036nam 2200697 450 991081118900332120230609222922.00-19-931346-60-19-931345-8(CKB)3710000000244218(EBL)1794202(SSID)ssj0001348437(PQKBManifestationID)11950084(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001348437(PQKBWorkID)11371281(PQKB)11484841(MiAaPQ)EBC1794202(Au-PeEL)EBL1794202(CaPaEBR)ebr10935435(CaONFJC)MIL646659(OCoLC)891449856(EXLCZ)99371000000024421820141010h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe twilight of human rights law /Eric A. PosnerOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2014.©20141 recurso en línea (201 p.)Inalienable Rights SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-931344-X 1-322-15404-X Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.Cover; Series; The Twilight of Human Rights Law; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; 1 The History of International Human Rights Law; 1.1 Prehistory-Before World War II; 1.2 The Universal Declaration; 1.3 The Cold War Era; 1.4 The Modern Era; 2 The Law and Institutions of Human Rights; 2.1 The Proliferation of Treaties; 2.2 The UN Committees, Council, and High Commission; 2.3 The European Court and Other Regional Bodies; 2.4 International Criminal Law and Judicial Institutions; 2.5 National Institutions; 3 Why Do States Enter into Human Rights Treaties?3.1 To Improve Human Rights3.2. The Costs of Entering into Human Rights Treaties; 3.3. The "Western Imperialism" Criticism and Its Limits; 4 Do States Comply with Human Rights Treaties?; 4.1 Human Rights Treaties and the Question of Compliance; 4.2 Some Data; 4.3 The Studies; 5 Why Do States Comply (or Not Comply) with Human Rights Treaties?; 5.1 International Incentives to Comply; 5.2. Domestic Incentives to Comply; 5.3 Ambiguity and Inconsistency; 5.4 Why International Organizations Are No Solution; 5.5 A Failure of Will; 5.6 The Problem of Epistemic Uncertainty5.7 The Importance of Political Participation5.8 Reprise; 6 Human Rights and War; 6.1 The Human Rights Peace; 6.2 Humanitarian Interventions; 6.3 The League of Democracies; 7 A Fresh Start: Human Rights and Development; 7.1 Three Dead Ends; 7.2 The White Man's Burden; Acknowledgments; Appendix: List of Rights; Notes; Further Readings; IndexCountries solemnly intone their commitment to human rights, and they ratify endless international treaties and conventions designed to signal that commitment. At the same time, there has been no marked decrease in human rights violations, even as the language of human rights has become the dominant mode of international moral criticism. Well-known violators like Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan have sat on the U.N. Council on Human Rights. But it''s not just the usual suspects that flagrantly disregard the treaties. Brazil pursues extrajudicial killings. South Africa employs violence against proInalienable rights series.Civil rightsHuman rightsDerechos humanosUTDTDerechos civilesUTDTLibros electrónicosUTDTCivil rights.Human rights.Derechos humanosDerechos civiles323Posner Eric A.1965-254848MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQAR-BaUTTBOOK9910811189003321The twilight of human rights law4040950UNINA