Human rights
By: Mark Friedman
Series: Hot topics
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781406235098; 9781406235029
Subjects: Human rights; Society; Non-Fiction 13+; Teenage Non-Fiction; People and Places; Juvenile literature
Description: What exactly are human rights? Is there a universal set of human rights that every person is entitled to? How are these rights decided upon? This book takes a llook at what human rights are, where they're being violated, and what is being done to enforce these rights.
Notes: Originally published: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Key Stage 3.
Table of contents: title: The struggle for human rights; title: The right to life; title: Prisoners' rights; title: Children's rights; title: Citizens' rights; title: Gender, race, and cultural rights; title: The right to free expression; title: The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights; title: Glossary; title: Further Information; title: Index.