International Human Rights 5e (Aspen Casebook Series)

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 :

• 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
• comparative analysis of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention in Kosovo, Rwanda, Darfur, and elsewhere
• review of influential factors in the history of human rights law, policy, and practice
• the impact of human rights issues on the U.S.-China relationship

New in the Fifth Edition:

• analysis of the 2006-2007 reform of the UN human rights machinery, including the new UN Human Rights Council
• 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
• in-depth discussion of post-9/11 detention of suspected terrorists and related U.S. practice
• substantive examination of a number of contemporary issues, including religions rights in Europe and indigenous rights in the Americas
• new human rights developments in Africa, Asia, and the Arab World