Human rights and societies in transition [[electronic resource] ] : causes, consequences, responses / / edited by Shale Horowitz and Albrecht Schnabel

• Pubblicazione: New York, : United Nations University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (467 p.)
• Disciplina: 323
• Soggetto topico: Human rights
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HorowitzShale Asher SchnabelAlbrecht
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Human rights and societies in transition : international context and sources of variation / Shale Horowitz and Albrecht Schnabel -- The universal declaration of human rights as a norm for societies in transition / Johannes Morsink -- Universalism and cultural relativism : lessons for transitional states / Richard Lewis Siegel -- From global norms to local change : theoretical perspectives on the promotion of human rights in societies of transition / Genevieve Souillac -- The United Nations and human rights / W. Ofuatey-Kodjoe -- The consequences of the war crimes tribunals and an international criminal court for human rights in transition societies / Paul J. Magnarella -- International efforts to protect human rights in transition societies : right, duty, or politics? / Albrecht Schnabel -- Democratic transitions and foreign policy : the United States / Barbara Ann J. Rieffer and David P. Forsythe -- Sources and consequences of human rights violations in Iraq / Jenab Tutunji -- Exploring the dynamics of human rights and reform: Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey / Mahmood Monshipouri -- Causes and consequences of variation in post-communist human rights practices / Shale Horowitz -- Human rights and conflict in the former Yugoslavia / Aleksandar Resanovic -- Human rights in transition societies: the cases of Somalia and South Africa / Wafula Okumu -- Human rights and transition societies in Western Africa / Eghosa E. Osaghae -- Political development and democratic rights in greater China / Man-To Leung -- Human rights in India / D.R. Kaarthikeyan -- Human rights, the military, and the transition to democracy in Argentina and South Korea / Terence Roehrig -- Protecting human rights in transition societies : lessons and recommendations / Albrecht Schnabel and Shale Horowitz.
• Sommario/riassunto: Exploring the contemporary international human rights regime, this volume assesses the factors predominantly responsible for human rights violations in transitions societies, long-term consequences of such violations and political remedies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human rights and societies in transition
• ISBN: 1-280-91562-5; 9786610915620; 92-808-7062-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450146903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II