Fagan, A (2010) The Atlas of Human Rights: Mapping Violations of Freedom Around the Globe. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520261235.
Fagan, A (2010) The Atlas of Human Rights: Mapping Violations of Freedom Around the Globe. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520261235.
Fagan, A (2010) The Atlas of Human Rights: Mapping Violations of Freedom Around the Globe. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520261235.
Abstract
In the post-9/11 world, governments are using the threat of terrorism to justify tightening national security and restricting basic human rights. This timely book addresses the implications of this trend, revealing human rights inequities from nation to nation and the consequences of these inequities worldwide. Inspired by the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Andrew Fagan considers the nature of the state, national identity, and citizenship. His comprehensive and succinct text explores judicial violations and legal restrictions that permit state-sponsored torture, indefinite detention, capital punishment, and police brutality. Vividly illustrated with colorful maps and charts, The Atlas of Human Rights charts both the progress and limitation of free expression and media censorship. It displays the areas that are beset with wars, conflict, migration, and genocide; details the geographic status of sexual freedom, racism, religious freedom, and the rights of the disabled; focuses on women's rights, sex slavery, and the rights of the child. As intolerance threatens diversity on a global scale, The Atlas of Human Rights serves as a crucial intervention to preserving and extending freedom.
Item Type: | Book |
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) K Law > K Law (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Essex Law School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2012 08:37 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 18:26 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/4150 |