Non-state Actors in the Human Rights Universe

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Kumarian Press, 2006 - Всего страниц: 352
* Examines broad range of non-state actors engaged in activities that violate, promote, or protect human rights
* Looks at human rights issues in bioethics, armed conflicts, labor, and welfare reform

Despite the widespread acceptance of human rights at the normative level, actual progress toward the realization of human rights globally has been far from satisfactory. Concerned with human rights outcomes, this book departs from analyses that focus on the role of the state in human rights promotion and urges the study of the entire human rights universe. Transcending as well the literature on the role of NGOs, the book examines a broad range of non-state actors engaged in various activities that violate, promote or protect human rights. Contributing authors examine several important issues, such as bioethics, armed conflicts, and welfare reform, while stressing the need for accountability and mechanisms for curbing human rights violations.

Other Contributors: Michael Goodhart, Herbert F. Spirer, Louise Spirer, Rainer Braun, Judy Gearhart, James L. Gunderson, J. Paul Martin, Richard Falk, Ruth Macklin, Alice Page, Anne Nelson, Thomas R. Lansner, Kevin Bales, Dana-Ain Davis, and Willy Fautre.

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Looking beyond the State But Not Ignoring It
3
Human Rights and NonState Actors
23
Accounting for Human Rights Violations
43
Realizing Rights in the Work Place
59
Multinational Corporations as NonState Actors
77
Royal Dutch Shell
93
Global Civil Society Actors and 911
117
On the Accountability of NonState Armed Groups
141
Affordable and Accessible Drugs for Developing Countries
185
Prior Agreements in International Clinical Trials
203
The News Media in the Arena of Human Rights
227
No Empty Vessel
249
NonState Actors and the Challenge of Slavery
273
Violating Dignity
289
NonState Actors and Religious Freedom in Europe
311
Rethinking the Human Rights Universe
331

The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights
167

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George Andreopoulos received his Ph.D. and LL.B. degrees from Cambridge University. He has written extensively on international security, international human rights and international humanitarian law issues. Among his publications are (ed.) Genocide: Conceptual and Historical Dimensions, The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World, The Aftermath of Defeat: Societies, Armed Forces and the Challenge of Recovery, The Use and Abuse of anti Americanism in Greece, Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First Century, and most recently (Ed.) Concepts and Strategies in International Human Rights. He is the Founding Director of the Center for International Human Rights at John Jay College. He serves on the Editorial Board of Human Rights Review and during 2003-2004 served as President of the Human Rights Section of APSA. Peter Juviler is Professor Emeritus and Special Lecturer of Political Science, Barnard College and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University. He received his ME from Yale University and the Russian Institute Certificate, MA and PhD in Public Law and Government from Columbia University.

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