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“geoff gilbert”

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  • The Delivery of Human Rights

    Essays in Honour of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley

    Edited by Geoff Gilbert, Francoise Hampson, Clara Sandoval ...
    The Delivery of Human Rights reflects on two overlapping issues in international human rights law: how can existing norms be better implemented and effected, and how can other branches of international law or other international actors be used so as to provide an improved delivery of those norms. Rather than simply looking at the content of the rights, this book will also explore how the framers’ ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Strategic Visions for Human Rights

    Essays in Honour of Professor Kevin Boyle

    Edited by Geoff Gilbert, Francoise Hampson, Clara Sandoval ...
    Strategic Visions for Human Rights takes a multi-disciplinary approach to future directions for human rights. It looks beyond what international human rights treaties have so far established and considers the context in which rights in the twenty-first century might develop to meet needs. The book examines how international law might be utilized to protect groups rather than just individual ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    The Fight for Fundamental Freedoms

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    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In the wake of the Second World War and its atrocities, the international community decided to come together to establish peace and accord freedoms ... Read more

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  • The Mauritanian (originally published as Guantánamo Diary)

    by Larry Siems ...
    The "profound and disturbing" national bestseller written by a Guantánamo prisoner—now a major feature film starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster ( The New York Times Book Review).When The Mauritanian was first published as Guantánamo Diary in 2015—heavily redacted by the U.S. government—Mohamedou Ould Slahi was still imprisoned at the detainee camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, despite a federal court ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Watching Brief

    reflections on human rights, law, and justice

    by Julian Burnside ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE AHRC'S ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS MEDALS AND AWARDSThe first decade of the twenty-first century has seen a sharp decline in respect for human rights and the international rule of law. The legal conventions of the new realpolitik seem to owe more to Guantanamo than Geneva.Australia has tarnished its reputation in the field of human rights, through its support for illegal warfare, its ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Nonviolence Handbook

    A Guide for Practical Action

    by Michael N. Nagler Ph.D. ...
    “Nonviolence is not the recourse of the weak but actually calls for an uncommon kind of strength; it is not a refraining from something but the engaging of a positive force,” renowned peace activist Michael Nagler writes. Here he offers a step-by-step guide to creatively using nonviolence to confront any problem and to build change movements capable of restructuring the very bedrock of society. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • 1000 Lashes

    Because I Say What I Think

    by Raif Badawi ...
    Translated by Ahmed Danny Ramadan ...
    "Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear."— Salman RushdieRaif Badawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger, shared his thoughts on politics, religion, and liberalism online. He was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, ten years in prison, and a fine of 1 million Saudi Riyal, over a quarter of a million U.S. dollars. This politically topical polemic gathers together Badawi’s pivotal texts. He expresses ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Free Speech

    Ten Principles for a Connected World

    by Timothy Garton Ash ...
    Never in human history was there such a chance for freedom of expression. If we have Internet access, any one of us can publish almost anything we like and potentially reach an audience of millions. Never was there a time when the evils of unlimited speech flowed so easily across frontiers: violent intimidation, gross violations of privacy, tidal waves of abuse. A pastor burns a Koran in Florida ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Why I March

    Images from The Women's March Around the World

    by Abrams Books ...
    An inspiring photographic account of the worldwide Women's March of 2017—one of the biggest peaceful protests in history.On January 21, 2017, five million people in eighty-two countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause, women's rights, but quickly became a movement around the many issues that were hotly debated during the 2016 U.S. ... Read more

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  • Espionage and Secrecy (Routledge Revivals)

    The Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 of the United Kingdom

    by Rosamund Thomas ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This prize-winning book, first published in 1991, provides a detailed legal account of the development of the UK Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989. In particular, the Espionage section (s.1) of this criminal law is analysed carefully, illustrated by leading cases of UK spies prosecuted under this section, particularly during the 1980’s — including MI5 officer Michael Bettaney and Geoffrey Prime who ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Social Rights in Russia

    From Imperfect Past to Uncertain Future

    by Eleanor Bindman ...
    Series series BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
    Russia's human rights record, especially violations of the right to life, liberty and freedom of expression, has been the subject of much international concern. Social, or welfare, rights, on the other hand, including the right to housing, health and access to social security, have received much less attention. This book explores the changing position in Russia towards such social rights. It ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Brave Journeys

    Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage

    by David Mixner, Dennis Bailey ...
    In Stranger Among Friends, renowned activist, political adviser, and White House insider David Mixner offered a compelling account of his decades-long fight for human rights and the challenges he faced as a gay man in Washington. Now, in this new book written with collaborator Dennis Bailey, Mixner presents moving, candid, and inspiring portraits of other extraordinary men and women engaged in the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD