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The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights »

Authors: Robert F. Drinan
ISBN-13: 9780300093193, ISBN-10: 0300093195
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Robert F. Drinan

Robert F. Drinan, an ordained Jesuit priest, is professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. For more than three decades he has been an advocate for international human rights.

Book Synopsis

"Global consciousness of human rights grew dramatically during the second half of the twentieth century. Today many more human rights are recognized by international law, and far more people are involved and interested in human rights. This book tells the amazing history of this revolution in global thinking and discuss all the critical issues now facing the human rights movement. Father Robert F. Drinan, a highly respected activist in human rights events of the past several decades, reflects on both the progress of and obstacles to the movement."--BOOK JACKET.

William F. Schulz

All of us who care about the future of human rights are in [Drinan s] debt.

	Preface
Pt. I	The United Nations and Human Rights
1	The U.N. Charter: A Blow to National Sovereignty	3
2	The U.N. Commission on Human Rights	13
3	Economic Equality for All	19
4	The United Nations and Political and Civil Rights	24
5	Women's Worldwide Plea for Equality	35
6	A Global Revolution for Children	45
7	Performance of the United Nations on Human Rights	51
Pt. II	The United States and Human Rights
8	The United States Intervenes on Behalf of International Human Rights	59
9	The United States Walks Out on the International Criminal Court	76
10	Grading the State Department's Report on Human Rights	84
11	The United States Puts the World's Torturers on Trial	95
Pt. III	Human Rights Transform the World
12	Regional Tribunals for Human Rights	107
13	The Right to Food	122
14	Does the Death Penalty Violate Customary International Law?	130
15	The Human Rights of Prisoners	140
16	Human Rights Depend on an Independent Judiciary	148
17	Is Freedom of Religion the Most Fundamental of All Human Rights?	154
18	Do Amnesty and Reconciliation Bring Justice?	170
19	Contemporary Developments in Human Rights	182
20	The Future of International Human Rights	190
App	Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights, 25 June 1993	195
	Sources of Information on International Human Rights	233
	Index	237

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