Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change since 9/11

M. Goodhart · A. Mihr

Mar 2011 · Springer

About this ebook

This is the first book to offer a systematic analysis of human rights in the 21st century. The chapters, written from diverse methodological perspectives, provide rich and varied insights on vital questions concerning the resiliency, weaknesses, and prospects of human rights today.

About the author

PETER BAEHR is an Honorary Professor of Human Rights, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. LENA BARRETT is based at the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York, UK. JACK DONNELLY is Professor at Josef Korbel School of International Relations, University of Denver, USA. BRIGITTE HAMM is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. LAURI MALKSOO is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Tartu, Estonia. JAMIE MAYERFELD is Associate Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Societies & Justice at the University of Washington, USA. JULIE MERTUS is Professor and Co-Director of the MA program in Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs at American University, USA. TAZREENA SAJJAD is a doctoral candidate at American University, USA. HANS-PETER SCHMITZ is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA. PATRICIA SCHNEIDER is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, Germany. YAN ST. PIERRE is a PhD student. MORTON WINSTON is Professor of Philosophy and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at The College of New Jersey, USA.