Rights Beyond Borders
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Rights Beyond Borders
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Author : Rosemary Foot
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2000-09-21
Rights Beyond Borders written by Rosemary Foot and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-21 with Political Science categories.
Over the five decades since the establishment of the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights issues have become a dominant feature of the international system, embracing new actors, eroding the traditional Westphalian concept of sovereignty, and leading to an acceptance that the treatment of individuals and groups within domestic societies is legitimately a focus of global attention. This book examines the affect that this normative evolution has had on the individual, state, institutional and advocacy network behaviour. Having described this normative environment it assesses its impact on key actors' relationships with China, especially in the period since the Tiananmen bloodshed in June 1989. It also examines China's responses–international and internal–to being the focus of global attention in this issue area. The book's theoretical concerns are to uncover the conditions under which international human rights norms influence behaviour, including domestic changes within states, and about the operation of norms in the global system.
Migration And Social Protection
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Author : Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Migration And Social Protection written by Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Social Science categories.
The growing scale of international migration has reshaped the debate on the social rights and social protection available to people outside their countries of origin. This book uses conceptual frameworks, policy analysis and empirical studies of migrants to explore international migrants' needs for and access to social protection across the world.
Rights Beyond Borders
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Author : Rosemary Foot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Rights Beyond Borders written by Rosemary Foot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with China categories.
Beyond Borders
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Author : Molly Katrina Land
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-16
Beyond Borders written by Molly Katrina Land and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-16 with Law categories.
Explores new forms of belonging across borders to foster more robust protections for non-citizens. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Lawyers Beyond Borders
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Author : Maria Armoudian
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Lawyers Beyond Borders written by Maria Armoudian and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Law categories.
Despite international conventions and human rights declarations, millions of people have suffered and continue to suffer torture, slavery, or violent deaths, with no remedy or recourse. They have fallen, in essence, “below the law,” outside of law’s protection. Often violated by their own governments, sometimes with support from transnational corporations, or nations benefiting from human rights violations, how can these victims find justice? Lawyers Beyond Borders reveals the inner workings of the advances and retreats in the quest for redress and restoration of human rights for those whom international legal-political systems have failed. The process of justice begins in the US, with a handful of human rights lawyers steeped in the American tradition of advancing civil rights through civil litigation. As the civil rights movement gained traction and an ample supply of lawyers, this small cadre turned their attention toward advancing international human rights, via the US legal system. They sought to build another piece of the rights revolution, this time for survivors of egregious human rights violations in faraway lands. These cases were among the most unlikely to be slated for victory: The abuses occurred abroad; the victims are aliens, usually with few, if any, resources; the perpetrators are politically powerful, resourced, and well connected, often members of governments, militaries, or multinational corporations. The legal and political systems’ structures are mostly stacked against these survivors, many who bear the scars of trauma and terror. Lawyers Beyond Borders is about agency. It is about how, in the face of powerful interests and seemingly insurmountable obstacles—political, psychological, economic, geographical, and physical—a small group of lawyers and survivors navigated a terrain of daunting barriers to begin building, case-by-case, new pathways to justice for those who otherwise would have none.
Beyond Borders
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Author : Molly K. Land
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Beyond Borders written by Molly K. Land and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Aliens categories.
"These were the words of the President of the United States at a September 2020 campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota. These words are not only emblematic of now-standard fearmongering about the economic impact of accepting refugees. They also shine a spotlight on what we believe is a fundamental shift in discourse around non-citizens that has been building for some time, driven by populist, nativist, and racist tropes of the "other" - a shift from a language of compassion to one of indifference or apathy. According to the President, it is "disgraceful" to give refuge to those who are suffering, or to provide medical and other aid to those without. This book is an attempt to respond to that shift by exploring what, if any, obligations we as humans have to other humans. Featuring contributions drawn from a range of disciplinary perspectives, the chapters in the first part of this book seek to shed light on the original promise of human rights law and how that promise has failed - spectacularly so in many places - to provide a basis for ensuring rights. Human rights law, a supposedly universal body of law that applies to every individual, has long tolerated limits on human rights protections for non-citizens"--
Human Rights Discourse In A Global Network
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Author : Lena Khor
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-13
Human Rights Discourse In A Global Network written by Lena Khor and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with Political Science categories.
In her innovative study of human rights discourse, Lena Khor takes up the prevailing concern by scholars who charge that the globalization of human rights discourse is becoming yet another form of cultural, legal, and political imperialism imposed from above by an international human rights regime based in the Global North. To counter these charges, she argues for a paradigmatic shift away from human rights as a hegemonic, immutable, and ill-defined entity toward one that recognizes human rights as a social construct comprised of language and of language use. She proposes a new theoretical framework based on a global discourse network of human rights, supporting her model with case studies that examine the words and actions of witnesses to genocide (Paul Rusesabagina) and humanitarian organizations (Doctors Without Borders). She also analyzes the language of texts such as Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost. Khor's idea of a globally networked structure of human rights discourse enables actors (textual and human) who tap into or are linked into this rapidly globalizing system of networks to increase their power as speaking subjects and, in so doing, to influence the range of acceptable meanings and practices of human rights in the cultural sphere. Khor’s book is a unique and important contribution to the study of human rights in the humanities that revitalizes viable notions of agency and liberatory network power in fields that have been dominated by negative visions of human capacity and moral action.
From Here And There
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Author : Alexandra Delano
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
From Here And There written by Alexandra Delano and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Political Science categories.
When immigrants to the United States need to learn English, receive health services, open a bank account or get a work certification, US state and local governments or non-profit organizations usually assist as part of the process of supporting immigrant integration and, ultimately, citizenship. But over the past two decades, Mexico, and other origin countries of migrants have been increasingly filling gaps in these activities through their consular representations, particularly focusing on populations with precarious legal status. Put in the larger context of diaspora policies, these practices -- focused on establishing closer ties between the origin country and the emigrant population and protecting their rights through the provision of social services -- are one of the clearest manifestations of the reconceptualization of the boundaries of citizenship and the rights and obligations that come with it. This book looks at citizenship and immigrant integration from the perspective of countries of origin: specifically the processes through which Mexico and other Latin American countries are establishing programs to give their emigrant populations better access to education, health, banking, labor rights, language acquisition and civic participation in the United States. While immigrant integration is often assumed as an issue that mainly concerns the population and institutions of the country of destination, these cases demonstrate the role that origin countries play in supporting migrants' access to opportunities to participate as members of the societies they are a part of, challenging the limits of citizenship and sovereignty, and offering examples of innovative practices in the protection of migrants' rights. As an area of migration governance that is rarely discussed, this book offers a critical evaluation of these programs and their impact on emigrants, particularly on those who are undocumented or have precarious legal status, and the collaborations between governments and civil society groups on which the programs are based.
Activists Beyond Borders
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Author : Margaret E. Keck
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014-02-15
Activists Beyond Borders written by Margaret E. Keck and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-15 with Political Science categories.
Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink examine a type of pressure group that has been largely ignored by political analysts: networks of activists that coalesce and operate across national frontiers. Their targets may be international organizations or the policies of particular states. Historical examples of such transborder alliances include anti-slavery and woman suffrage campaigns. In the past two decades, transnational activism has had a significant impact in human rights, especially in Latin America, and advocacy networks have strongly influenced environmental politics as well. The authors also examine the emergence of an international campaign around violence against women.
Beyond Borders
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Author : Elizabeth G. Ferris
language : en
Publisher: World Council of Churches
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Beyond Borders written by Elizabeth G. Ferris and has been published by World Council of Churches this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Religion categories.
Millions of people on all continents have fled their homes. The social, economic and political factors behind these mass movements -- war and persecution, drought and hunger, joblessness and hopelessness, environmental devastation -- seem certain to continue in the years ahead, but pressure is growing in many countries to close doors to those fleeing. In this thoroughly researched volume, the author analyses current movements of people in their global and regional contexts and suggests how the international system might respond better to the needs of migrants and refugees. She concludes with a vision and plan of action for churches and non-governmental organisations.