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The Faces of Human Rights

Kasey McCall-Smith, Jan Wouters, Felipe Gómez Isa (Eds.)

The Faces of Human Rights

The Faces of Human Rights

The Faces of Human Rights

 

As human rights discourse increasingly focuses on analysing states and the institutions that promote and support the human rights machinery that states have created, this volume serves to recall that despite the growing size of the machinery and unwieldy nature of states, human rights began with real people.


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Beschrijving The Faces of Human Rights

As human rights discourse increasingly focuses on analysing states and the institutions that promote and support the human rights machinery that states have created, this volume serves to recall that despite the growing size of the machinery and unwieldy nature of states, human rights began with real people. It samples a broad range of actors and localities where everyday people fought to ensure that the basic principles of human rights became a reality for all. This volume will give a face to the everyday people to whom credit is due for shaping human rights. It also responds to the perennial question of how to begin a career in human rights by highlighting that there is no single path into this dynamic field, a field built on the back of small initiatives by people across a broad spectrum of career paths.


Table Of Contents

1. The Faces of Human Rights – An Introduction 

Kasey McCall-Smith, Jan Wouters and Felipe Gómez Isa



PART I

LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH THE LAW OF NATURE AND THE PRISM OF EQUALITY

2. Bartolomé de las Casas (1485–1566): A Radical Humanitarian in the Age of the Great Encounter 

Ignacio de la Rasilla

3. John Locke (1632–1704): The Natural Law Philosopher 

Cristina de la Cruz-Ayuso

4. Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793): Impressively Ahead of Her Time:A Visionary, Daring Activist and Martyr 

Teresa Pizarro Beleza and Helena Pereira de Melo

5. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797): The Undutiful Daughter of the Enlightenment and Her Loud Demands for Justice 

Dolores Morondo Taramundi

6. Henry Dunant (1828–1910): Paving the Way for Contemporary International Humanitarian Law 

Joana Abrisketa Uriarte

7. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948): Advocate of Duty, Pioneer of Human Rights 

George Ulrich



PART II

IN THE SHADOW OF WAR: DEVELOPING UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS

8. Hersch Lauterpacht (1897–1960): The Visionary: Preparing the World for Human Rights 

Eva Maria Lassen

9. Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959): Father of the Genocide Convention 

Adam Redzik

10. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962): Driver of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

Anya Luscombe and Barbara Oomen

11. René Cassin (1887–1976): The Foot Soldier of Human Rights 

Jan Wouters

12. John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995): The Man Behind the First Draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

William Schabas



PART III

THE FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN THE PLACES CLOSE TO HOME

13. Rosa Parks (1913–2005): Tired of Giving In 

Kasey MCCall-Smith

14. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr (1929–1968): A Visionary Citizen of the American South and the World 

Vivek Bhatt

15. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918–2013): Free at Last 

Narnia Bohler-Muller

16. Faith Bandler (1918–2015): Striving to Make Rights a Reality for All Human Beings 

Michelle Burgis-Kasthala

17. Angélica Mendoza Almeida de Ascarza (1929–2017): The Struggle of Mamá Angélica for the Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Peru 

Elizabeth Salmón

18. Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1959–): Daughter of Corn 

Felipe Gómez Isa

19. Victoria Lucia Tauli-Corpuz: A Life Spent Peacefully Advocating for Indigenous Peoples' Rights 

Davinia Gómez-Sánchez

20. Asma Jahangir (1952–2018): A Saviour of Democracy and Human Rights 

Mikel Mancisidor



PART IV

NAVIGATING THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISM

21. Seán MacBride (1904–1988): A Life at the Frontline 

Dimitrios Kagiaros

22. Peter Benenson (1921–2005): Pioneer of Contemporary Human Rights Activism 

Stefaan Smis

23. Max van der Stoel (1924–2011): The Indefatigable Traveller for Human Rights 

Antoine Buyse

24. Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927–2013): The Human Rights Envoy of the Former Yugoslavia 

Roman Wieruszewski

25. James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter Jr (1924–): 'But ye brethren, be not weary in well doing': A Continuing Faith and Persistence in the Cause of Human Rights 

Michael Stohl

26. Peter Leuprecht (1937–): Human Dignity as a Lifetime Compass 

Wolfgang Benedek

27. Juan E Méndez (1944–): A Figurehead of the Fight Against Impunity for Grave Rights Violations 

Elaine Webster

28. Mary Robinson (1944–): A Woman of Meitheal 

Rebecca Smyth



PART V

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR DEFENDERS: MOVING FORWARD

29. Radhika Coomaraswamy (1953–): Standing Up for the Oppressed and Neglected 

Ingrid Westendorp

30. Gerard Quinn (1958–): A Powerhouse for Disability Human Rights 

Anna Bruce and Anna Lawson

31. David Kato (1964–2011): A Life Spent Defending the Human Rights of LGBTI People in Uganda 

Aimar Rubio Llona

32. Malala Yousafzai (1997–): A Portrait in Courage and Conviction 

Gamze Erdem Türkelli

33. Theo van Boven (1934–): Passing the Torch because People Matter 

Manfred Nowak

 


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9781509926916
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376
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