Achieving Human Rights

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Part I: Overview......Page 22
1 Toward a Necessary Utopianism: Democratic Global Governance......Page 24
2 The Power of Rights and the Rights of Power: What Future for Human Rights?......Page 36
3 Orientalism and International Law......Page 50
Part II: Nurturing Global Democracy......Page 66
4 Toward Global Democracy......Page 68
5 Citizenship and Globalization......Page 78
Part III: International Criminal Law......Page 92
6 The Holocaust and the Emergence of International Human Rights......Page 94
7 The Pinochet Moment: Whither Universal Jurisdiction?......Page 108
8 Genocide at the World Court: The Case Against Serbia......Page 132
Part IV: Human Rights After 9/11......Page 138
9 A Descending Spiral......Page 140
10 Encroaching on the Rule of Law: Counter-Terrorist Justifications......Page 155
11 Humanitarian Intervention......Page 177
Part V: Beyond Politics......Page 190
12 Crimes, Lies, and Law: Human Rights in Adversity......Page 192
13 Humanity in Question......Page 203
14 The Ideal of the Citizen Pilgrim......Page 213
Notes......Page 219
Acknowledgements......Page 244
Index......Page 246