International human rights in context : law, politics, morals.
- 3rd ed. / Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- 1560 p. ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: 2000. Includes index.
1.Human rights concepts and discourse -- 2.The human rights movement: background and birth -- 3.Civil and political rights -- 4.Economic and social rights -- 5.National security, terrorism and limitations on human rights -- 6.Rights or duties as organizing concepts -- 7.Conflict in culture, tradition and practices -- 8.Design and functions of international institutions and issues of sovereignty -- 9.The United Nations human rights system -- 10.Treaty bodies: the ICCPR human rights committee -- 11.Regional arrangements -- 12.Vertical intepenetration -- 13.Horizonal interpenetration: transnational influence and enforcement of human rights -- 14.Massive human rights tragedies: prosecutions and truth commissions -- 15.Non-state actors and human rights -- 16.Human rights, development and climate change.
Completely revised and updated to bring it up to date with recent events, this popular textbook incorporates a wide range of carefully edited materials from both primary and secondary sources.