Rethinking Human Rights: Critical Approaches to International Politics

Cover......Page 1
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Notes on the Contributors......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
Introduction: Rethinking Human Rights......Page 16
Part I Universal Rights?......Page 32
1 Conditioning the Right to Humanitarian Aid? Human Rights and the ‘New Humanitarianism’......Page 34
2 Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Achieving Universal Justice?......Page 53
3 The International Children’s Rights Regime......Page 72
Part II Rights of Empowerment?......Page 92
4 Devolving Power? Human Rights and State Regulation in Northern Ireland......Page 94
5 Empowering the Poorest? The World Bank and the ‘Voices of the Poor’......Page 112
6 The Limits of Human Rights and Cosmopolitan Citizenship......Page 130
7 Humanitarian Intervention and the Recasting of International Law......Page 151
Part III Human-Centred Rights?......Page 170
Contents......Page 8
8 New Wars and Old Wars? The Lessons of Rwanda......Page 172
9 Moral Combat: Advocacy Journalists and the New Humanitarianism......Page 191
10 Morality’s Avenging Angels: the New Humanitarian Crusaders......Page 211
References......Page 232
Index......Page 256