The international struggle for new human rights
By: edited by Clifford Bob.
Contributors: Bob, Clifford, 1958-
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780812241310
Subjects: Human rights -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : fighting for new rights / Clifford Bob; title: Orphaned again? Children born of wartime rape as a non-issue for the human rights movement / R. Charli Carpenter; title: "Dalit rights are human rights" : untouchables, NGOs, and the Indian state / Clifford Bob; title: Applying the gatekeeper model of human rights activism : the U.S.-based movement for LGBT rights / Julie Mertus; title: From resistance to receptivity : transforming the HIV/AIDS crisis into a human rights issue / Jeremy Youde; title: Disability rights and the human rights mainstream : reluctant gate-crashers? / Janet E. Lord; title: New rights for private wrongs : female genital mutilation and global framing dialogues / Madeline Baer and Alison Brysk; title: Economic rights and extreme poverty : moving toward subsistence / Daniel Chong; title: Local claims, international standards, and the human right to water / Paul J. Nelson.