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Universal Human Rights: Moral Order In A Divided World, David Reidy, Mortimer N.S. Sellers
Universal Human Rights: Moral Order In A Divided World, David Reidy, Mortimer N.S. Sellers
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Universal Human Rights brings new clarity to the important and highly contested concept universal human rights. The Charter of the United Nations commits nearly all nations of the world to promote, to realize and take action to achieve human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, yet this formal consensus masks an underlying confusion about the philosophical basis and practical implications of rights in a world made up of radically different national communities. This collection of essays explores the foundations of universal human rights in four sections devoted to their nature, application, enforcement and limits, concluding that shared rights help to …
The New World Order: Sovereignty, Human Rights And The Self-Determination Of Peoples, Mortimer N.S. Sellers
The New World Order: Sovereignty, Human Rights And The Self-Determination Of Peoples, Mortimer N.S. Sellers
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The end of the Cold War has allowed for the prospect of a New World Order, in which the United Nations and other 'international actors' may return to their post-war mandate of maintaining international peace and security through collective action. This book addresses the central question of sovereignty under the new regime: which internal actions of states will justify intervention by the international community? The unifying theme of these chapters — written from a wide variety of national and cultural perspectives — is the conflict between cultural relativism and human rights in the postmodern world. Eleven authors address these questions …