ABSTRACT
Containing contributions by specialists from the intergovernmental and non-governmental worlds and voices of victim/survivors, the book critically reviews the international and regional human rights systems established over the past 50 years in terms of their effectiveness for the victims of human rights violations, and provides future directions for the promotion and protection of human rights.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Introduction
part II|1 pages
The United Nations Human Rights System
chapter Chapter 5|13 pages
The United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power
part III|1 pages
Human Rights of Specific Groups: Conceptual and Institutional Development
chapter Chapter 12|13 pages
Indigenous Peoples and Their Demands within the Modern Human Rights Movement
chapter Chapter 14|9 pages
Searching for Human Security and Dignity: Human Rights, Refugees, and the Internally Displaced
chapter Chapter 16|17 pages
Homelessness and the Right to Adequate Housing: Confronting Exclusion, Sustaining Change
part IV|1 pages
Creating a Culture of Human Rights
chapter Chapter 18|16 pages
Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, Past and Present, Reflections for Further Development
part V|1 pages
Interface Between Global and Regional Protection and Promotion of Human Rights
chapter Chapter 20|12 pages
Interface Between Global and Regional Protection and Promotion of Human Rights: An African Perspective
chapter Chapter 22|13 pages
Protection of Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: Think Universal, Act Regional?
part VI|1 pages
The Trauma of Human Rights Denial and Violation
chapter Chapter 25|19 pages
The Impact of Traumatic Human Rights Violations on Victims and the Mental Health Profession’s Response
part VII|1 pages
Mainstreaming Human Rights
