The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights

No-Nonsense Guides

by Olivia Ball, Paul Gready

Since the Declaration of Human Rights over fifty years ago, we acknowledge that universal rights exist, but what does this mean to someone who is tortured or denied education, work, or asylum?
 
This No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights looks at the theories of rights and universalism. It explores the difficult task of trying to protect human rights in war, the legal advances that have led to some rights abusers facing justice, and the conflicts that can occur when rights collide with culture.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Reference, History

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Zahreen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does a good job of going over the inherent contradictions and implementation problems with human rights, but I thought it was a bit scattered at times and lacked proper organization - or a structure that I thought made sense.

[El · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative and a good introduction to more content heavy human rights knowledge

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our human rights were articulated over 50 years ago in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This book is a good introduction to justice and injustice, and the progress we have made since then.