The international human rights movement : (Record no. 3036)
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| fixed length control field | 02059cam a2200265 i 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 069120098X |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780691200989 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 323 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Neier, Aryeh, |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The international human rights movement : |
| EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | New edition / |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 370 pages ; |
| SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Human rights and crimes against humanity |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The movement -- Putting natural law principles into practice -- What are rights? -- International human rights law -- International humanitarian law -- Defying communism -- Rights on the other side of the Cold War divide -- Amnesty international -- Human rights watch -- The worldwide movement -- Accountability -- Rights after 9/11 -- Going forward. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "An expanded and updated edition of a classic work on human rights and global justice. Since its original publication, Basic Rights has proven increasingly influential to those working in political philosophy, human rights, global justice, and the ethics of international relations and foreign policy, particularly in debates regarding foreign policy's role in alleviating global poverty. Henry Shue asks: Which human rights ought to be the first honored and the last sacrificed? Shue argues that subsistence rights, along with security rights and liberty rights, serve as the ground of all other human rights. This classic work, now available in a thoroughly updated fortieth-anniversary edition, includes a substantial new chapter by the author examining how the accelerating transformation of our climate progressively undermines the bases of subsistence like sufficient water, affordable food, and housing safe from forest-fires and sea-level rise. Climate change threatens basic rights"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Human rights. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Human rights |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Human rights advocacy |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Droits de l'homme (Droit international) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Droits de l'homme (Droit international) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Défense des droits de l'homme |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Human rights. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Human rights advocacy. |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 02/08/2023 | HC1055.Z9 2019 | 0159120 | Books |
| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 02/08/2023 | HC1055.Z9 2019 | 0159118 | Books |