The occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has been one of the world's most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises for over four decades.
Written by the refugees themselves, this highly original anthology of Palestinians forced to live outside their homeland brings together stories of what it means to be exiled, reflections on the events that led to being displaced, and the raw experience of daily life in a camp.
Abstracts:Heike Baranzke: Menschenwürde zwischen Recht und PflichtNach den Menschenrechtsverletzungen des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde der Menschenwürdebegriff in die Charta der Vereinten Nationen (1945) und in die Allgemeine Menschenrechtserklärung (1948) und daraufhin dann auch in das Grundgesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1949) aufgenommen.
The New York Times bestseller and 'Bible of a social movement' (San Francisco Chronicle)Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement.
La responsabilidad por los daños ocasionados en el ejercicio de actividades peligrosas ha sido uno de los temas más controvertidos en el derecho civil contemporáneo y ha originado diversos debates que han girado en torno, principalmente, al criterio de imputación de la responsabilidad, oscilando entre quienes creen que debe permanecer dentro del dominio de la culpa y quienes consideran que la imputación debe prescindir del reproche subjetivo de la conducta y proponen diversos criterios objetivos para fundamentarla.
Der Schweizer Journalist Victor Kocher geht den Auswüchsen einer Kontrollgesellschaft nach, die unter dem Deckmantel des Anti-Terrorkampfes unschuldigen Menschen ihre Bürgerrechte entzieht.
In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country residence in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest.
A half-century into the conflict between Israel and Palestine, Israel's Occupation at Fifty brings together eminent political leaders, scholars, and activists for a wide-ranging, at times contentious, and remarkably fruitful discussion of the region's fate.
A finales del siglo pasado, tras dos décadas de globalización neoliberal, criminólogos, sociólogos y penalistas comenzaron a darse cuenta de un fenómeno extraño: los delitos disminuían y, sin embargo, la población reclusa aumentaba.
One of the core aspects of the Palestinian refugee question is that of compensation or reparations for Palestinian refugees forcibly displaced by the establishment of Israel.
»Das sowohl politische wie jüdische Opfer, das ich war und bin, kann nicht schweigen, wenn unter dem Banner des Anti-Zionismus der alte miserable Antisemitismus sich wieder hervorwagt.
Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France.
In 1988 after decades as an anti-apartheid activist and member of the ANC Albie Sachs lost his right arm and an eye when his car was blown up by South African security agents.
Esta obra llevó 7 años de investigación para la tesis MEL-FCPYS-UNCuyo, y tres más para su adecuación a los nuevos paradigmas que intentan dar luz de esperanza a una crisis civilizatoria 2020 sin precedentes.
From the organizers of the Palestine Festival of Literature, this anthology of essays connects Palestinian resistance with global freedom struggles against settler colonialism and calls on us to think more concretely about the practice of solidarity.
Translated by Peter ConstantineEdited and with a new introduction by Leo Damrosch'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains' is the dramatic opening line of The Social Contract, published in 1762.
This striking collection of more than 200 full-color infographics is a vivid portrait of Israeli settler colonialism and the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
Las Lecciones de Derecho Constitucional presentan una serie de reflexiones en torno a las principales caracteristicas del constitucionalismo colombiano y, en particular, aquellas que defienden las caracteristicas de nuestro Estado social de derecho.
A collection of interviews with some of the world's leading progressive thinkers on the movement for Palestinian liberation and its connections to struggles for justice across the globe.
Freedom from Fear - collected writings from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi's collected writings - edited by her late husband, whom the ruling military junta prevented from visiting Burma as he was dying of cancer - reflects her greatest hopes and fears for her fellow Burmese people, and her concern about the need for international co-operation in the continuing fight for Burma's freedom.
El presente trabajo va dirigido a dilucidar qué normas jurídicas tienen supremacía, ya sea de acuerdo con doctrinas jurídicas o en la práctica, por cuanto hace a las relaciones entre el Derecho Internacional y los Derechos internos.
Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation.
El propósito de este libro es dar cuenta del desarrollo actual de los derechos a la libertad personal, libertad de tránsito, libertad de elegir la residencia y derecho a la reunión, para lo cual el presente trabajo se ha dividido en cuatro capítulos, cada uno destinado a un derecho fundamental específico, en donde se desarrollan algunos aspectos generales, las condiciones para la titularidad de estos derechos, los sujetos vinculados, el ámbito material constitucionalmente protegido, las limitaciones a los que están sujetos, los mecanismos de tutela desde la perspectiva jurisdiccional, así como algunos casos relevantes y ejercicios prácticos, incluyendo gráficos y cuadros elaborados con el objetivo de una mayor compresión, para que estudiantes, operadores del Derecho, y público en general con interés en esta materia puedan contar con estas herramientas, sin perder de vista que las Constituciones deben ser instrumentos vivos.
What does the politics of solidarity look like in practice, and how can left-wing organizations grow-in numbers and power-while remaining accountable to the broader movements of which they are a part?
Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France.
Much has been written In English about the experiences and treatment of immigrants from south of the Rio Grande once they have entered the United States.
Mary Wollstonecraft’s visionary treatise, originally published in 1792, was the first book to present women’s rights as an issue of universal human rights.
