Human Rights

Part 1. Delimitation of the problem -- Human rights in comprehensive context -- The social setting of human rights : the process of deprivation and nonfulfillment of values -- Claims made to authority for the protection of human rights -- The global constitutive process of authoritative decision -- Part 2. The clarification of general community policies -- The basic policies of a comprehensive public order of human dignity -- Part 3. Trends in decision and conditioning factors claims relating to respect -- Respect as the core value of human rights -- Claims relating to fundamental freedom of choice -- Claims relating to a basic equality of opportunity and freedom from discrimination -- Claims relating to racial discrimination -- The outlawing of sex-based discrimination -- Claims relating to freedom from religious discrimination -- Claims for freedom from discrimination because of non-conforming political opinion -- Claims for freedom from discrimination in choice of language -- The protection of aliens from discrimination : state responsibility conjoined with human rights -- The protection of the aged from discrimination -- Part 4. Future prospects -- The aggregate interest in shared respect and human rights : the harmonization of public order and civic order -- Appendix. Nationality and human rights : the protection of the individual in external areas

Foreign fads or fashions : the role of comparativism in human rights law -- What is a human right? : dealing with disagreement -- Challenging the divide : socio-economic rights as human rights -- Allies or subversives? : adjudication and democracy -- Interpreting human rights law -- Capital punishment -- Abortion -- The right to health -- The rights to housing -- Freedom of speech -- The right to education -- Freedom of religion

The International bill of human rights -- Concepts of 'Human Rights' -- Civil and political rights -- Economic, social and cultural rights -- International law -- The United Nations charter bodies -- The human rights treaty system -- Regional mechanisms -- The Australian position -- Human rights in armed conflict -- Terrorism, counter-terrorism and the impact on human rights -- Children -- Corporations -- Indigenous peoples -- People with disabilities -- Refugees and stateless persons -- Women -- Workers -- Emerging rights

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Provides a comprehensive breakdown of terms employed in the discussion of international human rights law. In addition to a list of definitions, this innovative volume also includes an Appendix featuring descriptions of major treaties, documents, and other important human rights instruments, along with references on how to locate them