Human rights in international relations

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface to the second edition......Page 9
Preface to the first edition......Page 11
Part I The foundations......Page 15
1 Introduction: human rights in international relations......Page 17
Human rights as end of history?......Page 21
Human rights as soft law......Page 26
Non-governmental actors......Page 31
Changing state sovereignty......Page 34
Conclusion......Page 39
Suggestions for further reading......Page 40
A philosophy of rights?......Page 43
An international politics of rights......Page 48
An international bill of rights......Page 53
Legal regimes without hegemonic leadership......Page 57
Beyond the International Bill of Rights......Page 59
Continuing debates......Page 62
Discussion questions......Page 65
Suggestions for further reading......Page 66
Part II Implementing human rights standards......Page 69
3 Global application of human rights norms......Page 71
The Security Council......Page 73
Office of the Secretary-General......Page 80
The General Assembly, ECOSOC, and the ICJ......Page 84
Major subsidiary bodies......Page 86
The Human Rights Commission......Page 87
International Labor Organization......Page 90
The High Commissioner for Refugees......Page 92
Treaty-specific bodies......Page 94
The Human Rights Committee......Page 95
The Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights......Page 96
Other treaty based mechanisms......Page 97
International humanitarian law......Page 98
Suggestions for further reading......Page 100
4 Transitional justice: criminal courts and alternatives......Page 103
Historical background to 1991: few trials, small impact......Page 105
The ICTY......Page 110
The Rwandan court......Page 117
The International Criminal Court......Page 120
Hybrid courts......Page 124
National courts......Page 126
Alternatives to criminal justice......Page 129
Conclusion......Page 131
Discussion questions......Page 132
Suggestions for further reading......Page 133
Europe......Page 135
European Convention on Human Rights......Page 136
CE Social Charter......Page 144
CE Prevention of Torture......Page 146
European Union......Page 147
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe......Page 151
NATO......Page 152
The Western Hemisphere......Page 154
Africa......Page 159
Conclusions......Page 162
Suggestions for further reading......Page 163
6 Human rights and foreign policy in comparative perspective......Page 166
Policy instruments......Page 168
Diplomatic means......Page 169
Economic means......Page 171
Military means......Page 172
US foreign policy and human rights......Page 174
Other liberal democracies......Page 186
Illiberal states......Page 195
Conclusions......Page 197
Discussion questions......Page 198
Suggestions for further reading......Page 199
Private advocacy for human rights......Page 202
The process......Page 206
Influence?......Page 214
Private action for relief and development......Page 220
Relief: process......Page 221
Relief: influence?......Page 224
Development: process......Page 225
Development: influence?......Page 227
Conclusion......Page 228
Discussion questions......Page 229
Suggestions for further reading......Page 230
8 Transnational corporations and human rights......Page 232
Enormous impact......Page 233
A critical view......Page 236
A more positive view......Page 241
A balance sheet......Page 243
Weakness of international law......Page 245
UN narrowly defined......Page 246
UN broadly defined......Page 247
Trade law......Page 249
An ICC role?......Page 251
Non-profit dynamism......Page 252
Nation state action......Page 256
Conclusions......Page 258
Discussion questions......Page 259
Suggestions for further reading......Page 260
Part III Conclusion......Page 263
9 The politics of liberalism in a realist world......Page 265
To review......Page 266
Toward the future......Page 273
Traditional principles......Page 274
New claims......Page 275
Process priorities......Page 276
Feminist perspectives......Page 278
Realism......Page 280
Marxists......Page 282
The Big Picture......Page 284
Final thoughts......Page 285
Discussion questions......Page 286
Suggestions for further reading......Page 287
Index......Page 289