"What went wrong [[electronic resource] ] : torture and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush administration" : hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, May 13, 2009
| "What went wrong [[electronic resource] ] : torture and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush administration" : hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, May 13, 2009 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 689 pages) : illustrations |
| Collana | S. hrg. |
| Soggetto topico |
Torture - Government policy - United States
Unlawful combatants - Abuse of - United States Prisoners of war - Abuse of - United States Military interrogation - United States Human rights - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | "What went wrong |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910697031603321 |
| Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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After Abu Ghraib : exploring human rights in America and the Middle East / / Shadi Mokhtari [[electronic resource]]
| After Abu Ghraib : exploring human rights in America and the Middle East / / Shadi Mokhtari [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Mokhtari Shadi <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 341.4/8 |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in law and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Human rights - United States
Human rights - Middle East Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States |
| ISBN |
0-511-69853-4
1-107-19448-2 1-282-30274-4 9786612302749 0-511-58041-X 0-511-58105-X 0-511-58073-8 0-511-57916-0 0-511-57842-3 0-511-57990-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East -- The human rights challenge from within -- The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments -- American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape -- From the ashes of the post-September 11th era : lessons for the human rights project. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454536503321 |
Mokhtari Shadi <1976->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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After Abu Ghraib : exploring human rights in America and the Middle East / / Shadi Mokhtari [[electronic resource]]
| After Abu Ghraib : exploring human rights in America and the Middle East / / Shadi Mokhtari [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Mokhtari Shadi <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 341.4/8 |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in law and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Human rights - United States
Human rights - Middle East Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States |
| ISBN |
0-511-69853-4
1-107-19448-2 1-282-30274-4 9786612302749 0-511-58041-X 0-511-58105-X 0-511-58073-8 0-511-57916-0 0-511-57842-3 0-511-57990-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East -- The human rights challenge from within -- The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments -- American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape -- From the ashes of the post-September 11th era : lessons for the human rights project. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777911003321 |
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alien smuggling/human trafficking : sending a meaningful message of deterrence : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Corrections, and Victims' Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, July 25, 2003
| Alien smuggling/human trafficking : sending a meaningful message of deterrence : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Corrections, and Victims' Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, July 25, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 82 p.) : ill |
| Soggetto topico |
Human smuggling - United States - Prevention
Human trafficking - United States - Prevention Women - Crimes against - United States - Prevention Children - Crimes against - United States - Prevention Human rights - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Astronautics
Technology & engineering |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Alien smuggling/human trafficking
U.S.-Russian cooperation in space |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694054303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American exceptionalism and human rights / / edited by Michael Ignatieff
| American exceptionalism and human rights / / edited by Michael Ignatieff |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 323/.0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | IgnatieffMichael |
| Soggetto topico |
Human rights - United States
National characteristics, American |
| ISBN |
1-282-15806-6
9786612158063 1-4008-2688-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: American Exceptionalism and Human Rights / Ignatieff, Michael -- Part I. The Varieties of Exceptionalism -- Chapter 2. The Exceptional First Amendment / Schauer, Frederick -- Chapter 3. Capital Punishment and American Exceptionalism / Steiker, Carol S . -- Chapter 4. Why Does the American Constitution Lack Social and Economic Guarantees? / Sunstein, Cass R. -- Chapter 5. America's Jekyll-and-Hyde Exceptionalism / Hongju Koh, Harold -- Part II. Explaining Exceptionalism -- Chapter 6. The Paradox of U.S. Human Rights Policy / Moravcsik, Andrew -- Chapter 7. American Exceptionalism, Popular Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law / Kahn, Paul W. -- Part III. Evaluating Exceptionalism -- Chapter 8. American Exceptionalism: The New Version / Hoffmann, Stanley -- Chapter 9. Integrity-Anxiety? / Michelman, Frank I . -- Chapter 10. A Brave New Judicial World / Slaughter, Anne-Marie -- Chapter 11. American Exceptionalism, Exemptionalism, and Global Governance / Ruggie, John Gerard -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910345143203321 |
| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American gulag [[electronic resource] ] : inside U.S. immigration prisons / / Mark Dow
| American gulag [[electronic resource] ] : inside U.S. immigration prisons / / Mark Dow |
| Autore | Dow Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365/.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - Government policy - United States
Noncitizen detention centers - United States Human rights - United States Emigration and immigration law - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-520-93927-1
1-59734-461-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Invisibility, intimidation, and the INS -- September 11: secrecy, disruption, and continuity -- Another world, another nation: Miami's Krome Detention Center -- "Enforcement means you're brutal" -- The world's first private prison -- "Keeping quiet means deny" : a hunger strike in Queens -- The art of jailing -- "Criminal aliens" and criminal agents -- Siege, shackles, climate, design -- "Speak to every media" : resistance, repression, and the making of a prisoner -- Good and evil in New England -- Out West: philosophy and despair -- Dead time. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Inside U.S. immigration prisons |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456419303321 |
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
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American gulag : inside U.S. immigration prisons / / Mark Dow
| American gulag : inside U.S. immigration prisons / / Mark Dow |
| Autore | Dow Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 413 pages) |
| Disciplina | 365/.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - Government policy - United States
Noncitizen detention centers - United States Human rights - United States Emigration and immigration law - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
america
american gulag american prisons detention centers federal officials human cruelty human rights violations human rights immigration and nationalization service immigration detention immigration history immigration laws immigration policies immigration prisons inhumane conditions ins facilities ins prisoners ins investigative journalism jailers prison system prisoners racial profiling racism repression september 11 us immigration policies |
| ISBN |
0-520-93927-1
1-59734-461-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Invisibility, intimidation, and the INS -- September 11: secrecy, disruption, and continuity -- Another world, another nation: Miami's Krome Detention Center -- "Enforcement means you're brutal" -- The world's first private prison -- "Keeping quiet means deny" : a hunger strike in Queens -- The art of jailing -- "Criminal aliens" and criminal agents -- Siege, shackles, climate, design -- "Speak to every media" : resistance, repression, and the making of a prisoner -- Good and evil in New England -- Out West: philosophy and despair -- Dead time. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Inside U.S. immigration prisons |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780445403321 |
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| Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2004 | ||
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Amnesty International and U.S. foreign policy [[electronic resource] ] : human rights campaigns in Guatemala, the United States, and China / / Maria T. Baldwin
| Amnesty International and U.S. foreign policy [[electronic resource] ] : human rights campaigns in Guatemala, the United States, and China / / Maria T. Baldwin |
| Autore | Baldwin Maria T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 323 |
| Collana | Law and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Human rights - Guatemala
Human rights - United States Human rights - China Capital punishment - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-59332-426-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458306303321 |
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| El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Amnesty International and U.S. foreign policy [[electronic resource] ] : human rights campaigns in Guatemala, the United States, and China / / Maria T. Baldwin
| Amnesty International and U.S. foreign policy [[electronic resource] ] : human rights campaigns in Guatemala, the United States, and China / / Maria T. Baldwin |
| Autore | Baldwin Maria T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 323 |
| Collana | Law and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Human rights - Guatemala
Human rights - United States Human rights - China Capital punishment - United States |
| ISBN | 1-59332-426-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791130703321 |
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| El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Are human rights for migrants? : critical reflections on the status of irregular migrants in Europe and the United States / / edited by Marie-Benedicte Dembour and Tobias Kelly
| Are human rights for migrants? : critical reflections on the status of irregular migrants in Europe and the United States / / edited by Marie-Benedicte Dembour and Tobias Kelly |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina | 323.3/291 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DembourMarie-Benedicte <1961->
KellyTobias |
| Soggetto topico |
Emigration and immigration law
Human rights Emigration and immigration law - United States Emigration and immigration law - Europe Human rights - United States Human rights - Europe Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc Civil rights Foreign workers - Civil rights Noncitizens - Civil rights |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-46060-2
9786613460608 1-136-70008-0 0-203-81344-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Are Human Rightsfor Migrants?; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1. The problem: why do migrants find it so difficult to access human rights?; 2. What are the human rights we are referring to?; 3. The role of human rights: the take of this volume's contributors; Part I: Taking it as a given:The affirmation of the optimist; 2. The recognition of migrants' rights within the UN human rights system: The first 60 years; 1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the protection of aliens
2. Transforming the UDHR into human rights treaties3. Rights, sovereignty and non-refoulement; 4. The protection of migrants: 'unclear' and 'inadequate'; 5. Drafting the Migrant Workers' Convention; 6. Developments after 1990; 7. Conclusion; 3. Irregular migration and frontier deaths: Acknowledging a right to identity; 1. Deaths on the 'fault lines' of migration: contexts and numbers; 2. Border control's 'unintended side effects'; 3. The rights of irregular migrants: the legal framework; 4. Irregular migration and loss of identity; 5. Lost identity: the new 'potter's fields' of migration 6. Identifying and accounting for the dead7. Aright to identity; 8. Conclusion; Part II: Deliberating: the efforts of those who work out the system; 4. The constitutional status of irregular migrants: Testing the boundaries of human rights protection in Spain and the United States; 1. The human rights- sovereignty compromise; 2. The general framework governing foreigners as fundamental rights holders; 3. Legislative-judicial dialogue on irregular migrants as fundamental rights holders; 4. Conclusion 5. Anew articulation of human rights, or the European Court of Human Rights should think beyond Westphalian sovereignty1. Immigration detention and the ECHR; 2. The territorial blind spots of modern constitutionalism; 3. Destabilising territorial sovereignty through human rights; 4. Conclusion; Part III: Protesting:the outrage of the witness; 6. The French Calaisis: Transit zone or dead-end?; 1. From Sangatte to the jungles; 2. Are the Calaisis migrants refugees?; 3. The response of the French authorities; 4. Which role for human rights? 7. 'Not our problem': why the detention of irregular migrants is not considered a human rights issue in Malta1. Treatment of immigrants attracts international criticism of Malta; 2. The position taken by the Maltese Government; 3. The European Union and shifting of responsibility for the human rights of outsiders; 4. The Maltese family: a social mechanism of containment and care, hierarchy-setting and exclusion; 5. Concluding remarks; PART IV Keeping one's distance:the puzzlement of the sceptic; 8. Human rights and immigration detention in the United Kingdom; 1. The human rights framework 2. Immigration detention: the legal and statistical context |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461608803321 |
| Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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