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Closing the Books
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 30.00An analysis of transitional justice - retribution and reparation after a change of political regime - from Athens in the fifth century BC to the present. The book describes the universe of cases, and proposes a framework for explaining the variations among them. more...
The European Court of Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 140.00The European Court of Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Universality in Transition examines transitional justice from the perspective of its impact on the universality of human rights, taking the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights as its detailed case study. The problem is twofold: there are questions about differences in human... more...
Democratization and the Protection of Human Rights in Africa
ABC-CLIO 1995; US$ 165.00Development was achieved in the West by capitalism and industrialization before liberal democracy was introduced as a viable form of government. Africa is grappling with the problems of underdevelopment. Yet, the West insists on liberal democracy for Africa, a form of government which has no economic and social foundations in Africa. The West now faults... more...
Protecting Human Security in Africa
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 97.99Protecting Human Security in Africa discusses some of the most potent threats to human security in Africa. It deals especially with those threats to the security of African people which are least understood or explored. In themes varying from corruption, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, food security, the devastation of internal displacement... more...
Africa's Long Road to Rights / Long Trajet de l'Afrique vers les droits
Pambazuka Press 2007; US$ 15.99Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, this reflection on its achievements as well as its limitations brings to light the commission's work since its beginning. This bilingual compilation?in both English and French?includes essays by Hakima Abbas, Korir Sing'Oei Abraham, Roselynn... more...
Prisoners of the international community
Springer 2012; US$ 219.99Little has been written about the legal position and conditions of detention of persons detained by international criminal tribunals, particularly as regards their internal legal position (their rights and duties inside the remand facility). The primary purpose of this book is to set out the law governing the detention of persons detained under the... more...
Human Rights and Structural Adjustment
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 32.00Critique of the effect of World Bank and IMF structural adjustment agreements on developing countries. more...
Contours of Citizenship
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95This book examines the complexity of citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts. It draws on empirical research from a range of countries, contexts and approaches in addressing women and citizenship in a global/local world and covers a selection of diverse issues. This rich collection informs our understanding of the pitfalls and possibilities... more...
New Faces, New Voices
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 46.95Making up 14.2 percent of the American population, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the United States. Clearly, securing the Hispanic vote is more important to political parties than ever before. Yet, despite the current size of the Hispanic population, is there a clear Hispanic politics? Who are Hispanic voters? What are their political... more...
The Genocide Convention
BRILL 2008; US$ 574.00Gathers together the records of the multitude of meetings which, in the context of the newly established United Nations, led to the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide on 9 December 1948. This work enables academics and practitioners an access to the Genocide Convention's travaux preparatoires. more...









