This long-awaited revision presents a refreshing new alternative for students and instructors. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice, Fourth Edition, takes a problem-oriented approach to covering all global and regional human rights systems as they currently operate, along with a discussion of the theoretical foundations of human rights, US foreign policy and human rights, and key current issues. 
 This student-friendly casebook: <ul>
<li> retains a problem-oriented focus designed to help students understand contemporary debates about human rights from a political as well as a legal perspective </li> <li> addresses practical issues of implementation, as well as recent developments in substantive human rights jurisprudence in Europe, Latin America, and national courts </li> <li> contrasts differing views on the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention in Kosovo, Rwanda, Darfur, and elsewhere </li> <li> discusses the theoretical foundations of human rights and cultural relativism </li> <li> examines historical developments in human rights as well as current problems </li> </ul>
 This significant revision addresses the many changes in human rights over the last 10 years, with: <ul>
<li> the additional insight of two new authors: James Anaya has written several books and numerous articles about international human rights and the rights of Native Americans. Dinah Shelton is the author of two prize-winning books on human rights as well as many articles on international law, human rights law, and international environmental law. </li> <li> extensive new material alongside the best of the original Lillich and Hannum edition, carefully updated for today¿s classes </li> <li> a thorough discussion of the impact on human rights of the ¿war on terrorism,¿ including analysis of command responsibility for the mistreatment of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and the legality of detention without trial at Guantanamo </li> <li> new material on indigenous rights, the environment, and the responsibility of corporations and other non-state actors for human rights violations </li> <li> added discussions of freedom of expression and religion and the International Criminal Court </li> </ul>
 An author website to support classroom instruction using this title is available at <a> http://www.aspenlawschool.com/lillich4</a>

International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, And Practice (Casebook)

Hurst Hannum

S. James Anaya

Dinah Shelton

Foreign & International Law

Aspen Pub

International Human Rights offers an accessible, problem-based pedagogy that gets students to consider the issues from a political, as well as legal, perspective. Balancing practical considerations and underlying theory, this outstanding author team delivers historical perspective and contemporary coverage of human rights efforts around the globe. Thoroughly updated, the Fifth Edition explains the impact of the 2006-2007 reform of the United Nations' human rights system, including creation of a new UN Human Rights Council and the impact of the 2007 declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice, features : <ul>
<li> broad coverage of recent developments in substantive areas of human rights , including developments in the United Nations and regional systems, as well as in the jurisprudence of national courts </li> <li> comparative analysis of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention in Kosovo, Rwanda, Darfur, and elsewhere </li> <li> review of influential factors in the history of human rights law, policy, and practice </li> <li> the impact of human rights issues on the U.S.-China relationship </li> </ul>
 New in the Fifth Edition: <ul>
<li> analysis of the 2006-2007 reform of the UN human rights machinery, including the new UN Human Rights Council </li> <li> an evaluation of the goals and weaknesses of the UN's responsibility to protect; doctrine, in the context of calls for intervention in Darfur and elsewhere </li> <li> in-depth discussion of post-9/11 detention of suspected terrorists and related U.S. practice </li> <li> substantive examination of a number of contemporary issues, including religions rights in Europe and indigenous rights in the Americas </li> <li> new human rights developments in Africa, Asia, and the Arab World </li> </ul>

International Human Rights (Aspen Casebook) (Aspen Casebook Series)

Wolters Kluwer

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