Rescuing human rights : a radically moderate approach /

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Author / Creator:Hannum, Hurst, author.
Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
©2019
Description:1 online resource (xx, 223 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12576547
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ISBN:9781108277730
110827773X
9781108417488
1108417485
9781108405362
1108405363
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2019).
Summary:The development of human rights norms is one of the most significant achievements in international relations and law since 1945, but the continuing influence of human rights is increasingly being questioned by authoritarian governments, nationalists, and pundits. Unfortunately, the proliferation of new rights, linking rights to other issues such as international crimes or the activities of business, and attempting to address every social problem from a human rights perspective risk undermining their credibility. Rescuing Human Rights calls for understanding 'human rights' as international human rights law and maintaining the distinctions between binding legal obligations on governments and broader issues of ethics, politics, and social change. Resolving complex social problems requires more than simplistic appeals to rights, and adopting a 'radically moderate' approach that recognizes both the potential and the limits of international human rights law, offers the best hope of preserving the principle that we all have rights, simply because we are human.
Other form:Print version: 9781108417488