1st Edition
Extending International Human Rights Protections to Vulnerable Populations
By Raymond A. Smith
Copyright 2020
100 Pages
by
Routledge
98 Pages
by
Routledge
98 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book inductively develops a new typology that identifies and evaluates three principal strategies that have been, and are being, used to extend international human rights protections to new categories of vulnerable populations. The book explicates the evolution and ongoing utility of the three strategies: categorical enlargement, conceptual expansion, and group-conscious universal... Read more
Introduction
1. The Scope of Existing Protections
2. Categorical Enlargement
3. Conceptual Expansion
4. Group-Conscious Universal Application
Conclusion
Biography
Raymond A. Smith is an adjunct associate professor with the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU) and a faculty member of the Program in Human Rights Practice at the University of Arizona, USA.
