Global responsibility for human rights
Subtitle: world poverty and the development of international law
By: Margot E. Salomon.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780199284429
Subjects: Human rights; Civil rights; Globalization
Description: This text considers the issues of world poverty and global justice, addressing the ability of people in poor or developing countries to have enough food, or clean water, or access to basic healthcare. It draws on international law aimed at the protection and promotion of human rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Interdependence and it's imperatives; title: Sources and content of an international responsibility to co-operate for human rights; title: The right to development and human-centred globalization; title: A doctrine of basic universal rights and supra-positive obligations; title: Attributing global legal responsibility; title: Concluding remarks : latter-day tyranny and the future of human rights.