Human Rights Protection in Global Politics [electronic resource] : Responsibilities of States and Non-State Actors /
Mills, K.editor.
Karp, D.editor.
This edited book by Mills and Karp brings together political, legal and moral perspectives on the responsibilities of human rights protection in world politics today. It critiques a narrow focus on states' 'violations' of human rights, incorporates non-state actors, and looks beyond the 'Responsibility to Protect' policy framework.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Responsibility and Human Rights; 1 Introduction: Human Rights Responsibilities of States and Non-State Actors; 2 Humanitarianism and Responsibility in Discourse and Practice; Part II: States' Responsibilities: Beyond 'Violations' of Human Rights; 3 Doctrinal Innovation and State Obligations: The Patterns of Doctrinal Development in the Jurisprudence of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 4 Indivisible Human Rights and the End(s) of the State
5 Beyond Individual Accountability: The Meaning of State ResponsibilityPart III: Responsibilities of Non-State Actors; 6 Putting the Blame on Governments: Why Firms and Governments Have Failed to Advance the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; 7 The Concept of Human Rights Protection and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; 8 Human Rights Ltd.: An Alternative Approach to Assessing the Impact of Transnational Corporations on Human Rights; 9 Living Up to Human Rights Responsibilities: Lawyers and Law Firms in the Chinese Authoritarian Context
10 Fulfilling the Right to Education? Responsibilities of State and Non-State Actors in Myanmar's Education SystemPart IV: The Responsibility to Protect; 11 What Responsibilities Does the International Community Have in Complex Humanitarian Crises and Mass Atrocity Situations?; 12 Grappling with Double Manifest Failure: R2P and the Civilian Protection Conundrum; 13 Prevention Cascade: The United States and the Diffusion of R2P; 14 Argumentation and the Responsibility to Protect: The Case of Libya; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This edited book by Mills and Karp brings together political, legal and moral perspectives on the responsibilities of human rights protection in world politics today. It critiques a narrow focus on states' 'violations' of human rights, incorporates non-state actors, and looks beyond the 'Responsibility to Protect' policy framework.
International relations.
International organization.
Globalization.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Political science.
International Relations.
International Organization.
Globalization.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Political Science.