Human Rights Protection in Global Politics - (Global Issues) by K Mills & D Karp (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Human Rights Protection in Global Politics analyzes the contemporary human rights responsibilities of state, non-state and international actors. It includes an interdisciplinary set of perspectives based in international relations, politics, law and philosophy. The book seeks to understand -- but also to critique and to move beyond -- the contributions of, firstly, the 'respect-protect-fulfil' tripartite division of human rights responsibility, and secondly, the more recent 'Responsibility to Protect' policy framework. It rejects approaches that treat duties to respect, not to harm, or not to violate human rights as entirely constitutive of the responsibilities that global actors have. The book's contributors engage in dialogue with each other, and sometimes even disagree. However, they are unified in their attempt to paint a more complex picture than is currently available about the nature of human rights protection and various global actors' responsibility for it"--

Book Synopsis

This edited book by Mills and Karp brings together political, legal and moral perspectives on the responsibilities of human rights protection in world politics today. It critiques a narrow focus on states' 'violations' of human rights, incorporates non-state actors, and looks beyond the 'Responsibility to Protect' policy framework.

About the Author

Susan Ariel Aaronson, George Washington University, USA Mátyás Bódig, University of Aberdeen, UK Kerry Bystrom, Bard College, USA Tim Dunne, University of Queensland, Australia Michael Galchinsky, Georgia State University, USA Katharine Gelber, University of Queensland, Australia Mark Gibney, UNC-Asheville, USA Flor González Correa, University of Birmingham, UK Ian Higham, EIRIS Melissa Labonte, Fordham University, USA Nicola Macbean, The Rights Practice Maaike Matelski, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands Glenn Mitoma, University of Connecticut, USA Elisa Nesossi, Australia National University, Australia Daniel J. Whelan, Hendrix College, USA