The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights

Human rights are about social justice–nationality and globally. This book, wide ranging and remarkably accessible, examines the current situation on human rights world wide. It highlights the fast developing international law on the subject. Its rich canvas also covers contemporary scholarship that explains today’s complex reality while drawing from ancient holistic values. Woven into the narrative are many illustrations of people from various cultural traditions finding ways to deal with pressing live issues according to the values of those traditions.  The wide spanning view adopted in the volume shows how economic, political, and environmental problems facing humanity are related and intertwined–from ‘developmentalism’ and global structural violence, the disproportionate power of transnational corporations, and unprecedented militaritization, to the increasing power of the corporate owned media.  The authors contend that, even in this background creative alternatives are possible. They point to the persistence and innovative strategies, including the use of advanced communications technology, of those working to fill the gap between the theory and practice of human rights. This book will interest all those concerned about the current state of human rights. Law professionals, media personnel, students and scholars of law, development economics, as well as international politics will also find it useful.