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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
El derecho humano al desarrollo frente a la mundialización del mercado	Nicolás Angulo Sánchez	In seven chapters the author purports to explain development in terms of a human right. A separate generation so to speak of human rights similar to those of the environment, of peace, towards human…	OL11698257W
Bad Elements	Ian Buruma	"Strange things happen when Chinese dynasties near their end. Dams break, earthquakes hit, clouds appear in the shape of weird beasts, rain falls in odd colors, and insects infest the countryside. Th…	OL119117W
Natural law	Jacques Maritain	"Can there be universal moral principles in a culturally and religiously diverse world? Are such principles provided by a theory of natural law? Jacques response to both questions is "yes."". "These…	OL1192072W
Memoria y frontera	Pablo de Lora	Desde la promulgación de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos por la ONU en 1948, éstos se han convertido en una suerte de «religión civil», un elemento central de la retórica política y …	OL12015316W
From slavery to citizenship	J. R. Ennals	Citizenship is not a spectator sport; it is all about engagement. From Slavery to Citizenship is part of a bigger picture - a development process which will enable us to gain more control over our ow…	OL12420693W
Die Staatsreligion	Haimo Schulz Meinen	Human elites have converted the exception of living with roofs and walls to a norm and hence had been profiting thereof. Schulz Meinen refers to Stephen V. Boyden (1992), who has shown the issue of t…	OL12769702W
China	Frank Ching	A well-informed look at the human rights situation in China, published to coincide with - but not exclusively for - the OlympicsChina is one of the great nations of the world. Containing roughly twen…	OL12787185W
Grondwet van België, uitgave versierd met platen	National Congress	Deluxe edition of the Belgian Constitution, as accepted by the National Congress, 20 july 1831. Edited as a part of the memorial festivities for 20 years of independence. In an appendix the members …	OL1316306W
Human rights and contemporary issues in Africa	Nsongurua J. Udombana	The book examines some major human rights issues facing Afica in the new milennium. Among the issues are democratisation and development. The book challenges the new African Union to take human right…	OL13203824W
Targeted killing in international law	Nils Melzer	This title examines the international lawfulness of state-sponsored targeted killings in military and police operations. Analysing recent state practice and jurisprudence it establishes when targeted…	OL13760031W
A handbook on legal human rights in Nigeria	Emmanuel Kayode Akingbade	The book is handbook of instructive information on the rights which people are entitled to as human beings irrespective of their citizenship, nationality, race, ethnicity, language, gender, sexuality…	OL13774049W
Lịch sử cuộc vận động vì các quyền dân sinh, dân chủ ở Việt Nam, 1936-1939	Hồng Tung Phạm	History of the struggle for welfare and democracy in Vietnam period 1936-1939.	OL13780593W
Trafficking in human beings	Silvia Scarpa	This text analyses the various international legal instruments regulating people trafficking including treaties, 'soft law' and the definition contained in the UN Trafficking Protocol, and argues tha…	OL13804410W
Can globalization promote human rights?	Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann	"An examination of globalization's effects on human rights, world poverty, and inequality. Describes international human rights law and the international social movement for reform of globalization"-…	OL15027487W
Human Rights (World Issues)	Fiona MacDonald	Definition of human rights - How can human rights be achieved? - What causes the failure of governments to provide human rights - Efforts of United Nations - Action against those who abuse human righ…	OL15041166W
Manipur imbroglio	T. Hemo Singh	Covers the period, 20th-21st centuries; includes articles on ethnic relations and human rights issues in Northeastern India.	OL15112417W
Human rights issues and other radical essays	R. M. Pal	In Indian context.	OL15121251W
Velvet Totalitarianism	Claudia Moscovici	Advance Praise for Claudia Moscovici’s Velvet Totalitarianism A deeply felt, deftly rendered novel of the utmost importance to any reader interested in understanding totalitarianism and its terrib…	OL15167223W
The Practice of Human Rights	Mark Goodale	Human rights are now the dominant approach to social justice globally. But how do human rights work? What do they do? Drawing on anthropological studies of human rights work from around the world, th…	OL15172200W
Murder in the High Himalaya	Jonathan Green	On September 30, 2006 gunfire echoed through the thin air near Advance Base Camp on Cho Oyu Mountain. Frequented by thousands of climbers each year, Cho Oyu lies nineteen miles east of Mt. Everest on…	OL15188927W