Realizing Human Rights: Moving from Inspiration to Impact

by Graham Allison and Samantha Power

Book Overview

At the dawn of a new era, this book brings together leading activists, policy-makers and critics to reflect upon fifty years of attempts to improve respect for human rights. Authors include President Jimmy Carter, who helped inject human rights concerns into US policy; Wei Jingsheng, who struggled to do so in China; Louis Henkin, the modern "father" of international law, and Richard Goldstone, the former chief prosecutor for the Yugoslav and Rwandan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403973113
• ISBN13: 9781403973115
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"