First published 2000
Leading voices in human rights gather to examine five decades of progress and setbacks since the Universal Declaration. Former President Jimmy Carter reflects on integrating human rights into American foreign policy. Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng shares his struggle to advance rights in an authoritarian system. International law scholar Louis Henkin provides legal perspective alongside Richard Goldstone, who prosecuted war crimes from Yugoslavia and Rwanda. These contributors assess which policies and actions have successfully advanced human rights and which have fallen short. They identify emerging challenges and propose new directions for the movement. The collection targets human rights advocates, foreign policy professionals, and general readers tracking the growing prominence of rights issues in public discourse.
Genres: non-fiction, activism, academic
Vibes: informative, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: advocacy, social-change
Setting: Yugoslavia, Rwanda, China
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
398 pages · Hardcover · Palgrave Macmillan