On cover: "The successor to International human rights in context : law, politics and morals".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Human rights concepts and discourse --
2. The human rights regime: background and birth --
3. Civil and political rights --
4. Economic and social rights --
5. National security, terrorism and the law of armed conflict --
6. Rights or duties as organizing concepts --
7. Conflict in culture, tradition and practices: challenges to universalism --
8. The United Nations human rights system --
9. Treaty bodies: The ICCPR Human Rights Committee --
10. International human rights fact-finding --
11. Regional arrangements --
12. Vertical interpenetration: international human rights law within state's legal and political orders --
13. Horizontal interpenetration: transnational influences and enforcement of human rights --
14. Measuring and evaluating human rights performances --
15. Massive human rights tragedies: prosecutions and truth commissions --
16. Non-state actors and human rights --
17. Human rights, development and climate change.

The definitive work in the field, International Human Rights provides a comprehensive analysis of this wide and diverse subject area. Written by world-renowned scholars Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman, this book is the successor to the widely acclaimed International Human Rights in Context. Alston and Goodman have chosen a wide selection of materials from primary and secondary sources--legislation, case law, and academic writings--in order to demonstrate and illuminate key themes. They carefully guide students through each extract with thoughtful and lucid commentary. Questions are posed throughout the book in order to encourage deeper reflection and critical enquiry. A Companion Website features additional resources, including the first three chapters of the book, available for download.