1st Edition

Human Rights An Introduction

By Darren O'Byrne Copyright 2003
460 Pages
by Routledge

460 Pages
by Routledge

460 Pages
by Routledge

Human Rights: An Introduction is an important text that provides a comprehensive overview of human rights and related issues from a social science perspective. First, this book does more than discuss theory, it uses case studies and personal testimonies in the debate. Human rights as an area of academic interest cannot be easily divorced from human rights struggles and the reality of... Read more

Introduction

1. Theorizing Human Rights
2. Regulating Human Rights
3. Censorship
4. Political Prisoners
5. Torture 6. The Death Penalty

7. Apartheid


8. Slavery


9. Genocide

10. Refugees

Conclusion

Biography

Darren J. O'Byrne