Contemporary human rights challenges : the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its continuing relevance /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Other Authors:	Ferstman, Carla, 1968- (Editor), Goldberg, Alexander, 1974- (Editor), Gray, Tony J. (Editor), Ison, Liz (Editor), Nathan, Richard Abraham (Editor), Newman, Michael, 1975- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Series:	Routledge research in human rights law.
Subjects:	United Nations. > General Assembly. > Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights > International unification. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Audrey Azoulay
In honour of Clemens N. Nathan (1933-2015) / Liz Ison and Richard Nathan
Section I. Reflections on the Declaration's foundation articles and some cross-cutting themes
The foundations : Articles 1 and 2 / Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Not alone : the origins, significance and legacy of Article 29 / Francesca Klug
Terrorism and the development of thinking on human rights / John Alderdice
Section II. The rights of the individual (Articles 1-11)
Article 3 : everyone [including women] has the right to life, liberty and security of person / Rashida Manjoo
Article 2 and 7 : equality and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : progress and challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality / Rebecca Hilsenrath and Charles Hamilton
Article 4 : no-one to be held in slavery or servitude : provisions that are not as redundant as many had assumed / Mike Dottridge
Article 5 : no one shal be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhman or degrading treatment or punishment / Carla Ferstman
Holocaust property theft and restitution : the right to an effective remedy under Article 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Michael J. Bazyler and Kristen L. Nelson
Section III. The rights of the individual in civil and political society (Articles 12-17)
Article 12 : the right to property / Lorna Wooods
Article 15 : the right to a nationality / Laura Van Waas
Section IV. Spiritual, public and political freedoms (articles 18-21)
Religious liberties and the need for moral universalism / Rowan Williams
Articles 18 and 19 : when freedom of religion is pitted against freedom of expression / George R. Wilkes
Rights for a democratic age? : the development of freedom of assembly and association / Alexander Goldberg
Section V. Economic, social and cultural rights (Articles 22-27)
Article 22 and the role of economic, social and cultural rights in the realisation of social justice / Rodrigo Uprimny
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, economic, social and cultural rights and human rights discourse / Danwood M. Chirwa
A promise of Sustainable Development Goal 4 : right to education and right to human rights education as a path to inclusion / Eva Sobotka
Safeguarding heritage in armed conflict : how UNESCO protects the human right to culture / Giovanni Boccardi and Léonie Evers
Section VI. The challenge of hope
Challenges for the human rights movement / Jimmy Carter
Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.