The uses and misuses of human rights a critical approach to advocacy /

"Most of the academic literature on human rights seeks to identify and explain instances of use and abuse. Less emphasis has been placed on examining cases of misuse, namely actions undertaken by sincere and devoted advocates of human rights that unintentionally undermine international norms, a...

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Other Authors: Andreopoulos, George J., Kabasakal Arat, Zehra F.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Physical Description: xii, 232 pages ; 23 cm.
Edition: First edition.
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505 0 |a 1. On the uses and misuses of human rights: a critical approach to advocacy / George Andreopoulos and Zebra F. Kabasakal Arat -- 2. "Gay rights are human rights": the framing of new interpretations of international human rights norms / Ronald Holzhacker -- 3. The politics of a strange right: consultation, mining, and indigenous mobilization in Latin America / Amanda M. Fulmer -- 4. The price of confrontation: international retributive justice and the struggle for Haitian-Dominican rights / Samuel Martinez -- 5. The human rights framing of maternal health: a strategy for politicization or a path to genuine empowerment? / Candace Johnson and Surma Das -- 6. Arms transfers and the human rights agenda / Susan Waltz -- Transitional justice and injustice: the uses and misuses of the liberal peace / Cyanne E. Loyla and Christian Davenport -- 8. Constituencies of compassion: the politics of human rights and consumerism / Joel R. Price. 
520 |a "Most of the academic literature on human rights seeks to identify and explain instances of use and abuse. Less emphasis has been placed on examining cases of misuse, namely actions undertaken by sincere and devoted advocates of human rights that unintentionally undermine international norms, adversely affect the wellbeing of intended beneficiaries, or violate others' human rights. Addressing both uses and misuses of human rights, this volume seeks to fill an important gap. It offers an analytical framework and a series of case studies that draw attention to the intended and unintended consequences of advocacy work. Emphasizing the challenges to the effective and proper use of human rights norms, processes, and mechanisms, it tries to identify strategies and contexts that enable human rights advocacy to work in favor of human rights, as intended, as well as situations in which such advocacy may backfire or unintentionally cause harm. Since the improvement of human rights conditions is ultimately contingent on a better understanding of the strengths and limitations of human rights discourse and the context in which it is used, being cognizant of unintended negative impacts would lead to the design and execution of more effective advocacy strategies."--Provided by publisher. 
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