Reports of sexual violence in armed conflict frequently appear in political discussions and news media, presenting a stark contrast to a long history of silence and nonrecognition.
Human Rights after Hitler reveals thousands of forgotten US and Allied war crimes prosecutions against Hitler and other Axis war criminals based on a popular movement for justice that stretched from Poland to the Pacific.
A Black-Jewish dialogue lifts a veil on these groups unspoken history, shedding light on the challenges and promises facing American democracy from its inception to the presentIn this uniquely structured conversational work, two scholarsone of African American politics and religion, and one of contemporary American Jewish cultureexplore a mystery: Why aren't Blacks and Jews presently united in their efforts to combat white supremacy?
In this original and provocative book, Nahed Artoul Zehr explores the theological underpinnings of al-Qaeda and related Islamic movements such as ISIS.
A primer on disability ethics from a Catholic perspective offers practical strategies for inclusionPersons with disability make up at least 15 percent of the global population, yet disability is widely unacknowledged and unexplored in theology.
In a time when citizens are deeply dissatisfied with the basic institutions and elected officials that govern them, the participatory budgeting movement empowers citizens to get results for pressing community needs.
Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nations borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability.
Der Themenschwerpunkt umfasst sowohl Erfahrungsberichte aus der praktischen Menschenrechtsarbeit von professionellen "Menschenrechtsarbeiter*innen" und -anwälten als auch wissenschaftliche Beiträge von Autor*innen, die sich mit Menschenrechten in ihren Berufen beschäftigen.
Este libro es uno de los resultados del proyecto de investigación "Derechos humanos y migración internacional: análisis del marco legal, identificación de buenas prácticas comparadas y formulación de propuestas de acción para la mejora de la tutela de los derechos de migrantes en situación de vulnerabilidad social", desarrollado en colaboración entre la Universidad Católica de Córdoba y la Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid.
El objetivo del libro es interrogarnos y problematizar los lugares, las estrategias y las resistencias que van configurando otras subjetividades políticas, entendiendo que la "institución" de la ciudadanía queda estrecha y anacrónica para encarar estas tareas.
Whatever be the definition of 'indigenous' vis-a-vis 'indigeneity', and however concensual it might be, both these terms have been inferred, applied and questioned in multifarious ways.
In this edited volume, leading experts of human rights measurement address the challenges scholarship of human rights face as well as explore approaches and means to overcoming them.
Whatever be the definition of 'indigenous' vis-a-vis 'indigeneity', and however concensual it might be, both these terms have been inferred, applied and questioned in multifarious ways.
In this edited volume, leading experts of human rights measurement address the challenges scholarship of human rights face as well as explore approaches and means to overcoming them.
Paul Harvey uses four characters that are important symbols of religious expression in the American South to survey major themes of religion, race, and southern history.
Dieses Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die öffentliche Einstellung zur Todesstrafe in Indien, ergänzt durch eine Zusammenfassung der derzeitigen Anwendung, Abschaffung und Debatte der Todesstrafe weltweit.
Retracing the steps of the first civil rights and whistleblower act of the 21st century, this chronicle follows young, black, MIT-educated social scientist Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, shortly after she landed her dream job at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Through a comparative analysis involving 13 countries from Africa, America, Asia and Europe, this book provides an invaluable assessment of women's equality at the global level.
Through a comparative analysis involving 13 countries from Africa, America, Asia and Europe, this book provides an invaluable assessment of women's equality at the global level.
When Misfortune Becomes Injustice surveys the progress and challenges in deploying human rights to advance health and social equality over recent decades.
This is the first scholarly book to examine the UN Sustainable Development Goals from an indigenous perspective and, specifically, with reference to the right to self-determination.
This A-to-Z encyclopedia surveys the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Declaration of Independence by explaining its contents and concepts, profiling the Founding Fathers, and detailing depictions of the Declaration in art, music, and literature.
An all-in-one resource for understanding the issue of torture and enhanced interrogations, including their history as an instrument of state power and warfare, debates over the morality of their use in different contexts, and efforts by human rights organizations and nations to end torture and enhanced interrogation techniques worldwide.
The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era.
The last decade has seen an unexpected return of the religious, and with it the creation of new kinds of social forms alongside new fusions of political and religious realms that high modernity kept distinct.
Examines voting trends and political representation in the United States today-with a special focus on debates over voting rights, voter fraud, and voter suppression-and election rules and regulations, including those related to gerrymandering, campaign fundraising, and other controversial subjects.
Modern Slavery: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough treatment of the evolving scope, nature, and contexts of modern slavery and a discussion of prevention and abolition efforts in an accessible format for high school and college readers.
Humanity lives inside 4 unyielding constraints, the speed of light, conservation of mass-energy, inefficiency in conversion of heat to work, and the law of demand.
New insights into what makes people happy and how policymakers can foster greater satisfaction for allDuring the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness.
This book looks into four areas of our world's international security crisis: the growing threat of America's homegrown jihadists, the continuing rise of terrorism, the causes of gross violations of human rights, and the pervasiveness of civil war.
