Hardcover. Condizione: New. Contents: Preface. 1. New human rights dimensions, obstacles and challenges: introductory remarks/Janusz Symonides. I. New dimensions: 2. Human rights and peace/Vojin Dimitrijevic. 3. Democracy and human rights: civil, political, economic, social and cultural/David Beetham. 4. The development of the right to development/Upendra Baxi. 5. Human rights and the environment/Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade. II. Obstacles: 6. Human rights and extreme poverty/Louis-Edmond Pettiti and Patrice Meyer-Bisch. 7. Discrimination, xenophobia and racisim/Rudiger Wolfrum. 8. Human rights and tolerance/Claudio Zanghi. 9. Terrorism and human rights/Colin Warbrick. III. Challenges: 10. Human rights and scientific and technological progress/C.G. Weeramantry. 11. Globalization and human rights/Virginia A. Leary. 12. Education for human rights/Vitit Muntarbhorn. Index. This book has been prepared by UNESCO with the aim of creating an international teaching aid for institutions of higher education. The book presents the interrelation and interdependence between human rights, and peace, democracy, development and the environment. It analyses obstacles and threats to human rights at the dawn of the twenty-first century and suggests ways and means to overcome them. The possible positive and negative impact on human rights of globalization, the information revolution and scientific and technological progress is also discussed by well-known human rights specialists from different regions. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the creation of a universal culture of human rights through education and public information is an essential element in making human rights a reality for all. 318 pp. Codice articolo 50102

Contatta il venditore

Compra nuovo

EUR 24,37

Spedizione EUR 17,50
Spedito da India a U.S.A.

Quantit�: 5 disponibili

Aggiungi al carrello