Effective Strategies for Protecting Human Rights

David Barnhizer

Contents: Human rights as a strategic system, David Barnhizer; Human rights priorities and responsibilities for citizens, Noam Chomsky; Torture in the United States - connecting international human rights standards to abuse in American prisons, Bonnie Kerness; Tactical innovations for human rights, Douglas A. Johnson and Kate Kelsch; The Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, a victim-centered approach, Brian Concannon Jr.; Toward a more responsive sovereignty: confronting human rights violations through national reconstruction, Jennifer Moore; Protecting civilians in conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, Kate Robertson; Babe Politics and the victim subject: negotiating agency in women’s human rights, Ratna Kapur; Human rights and the future of international politics: realism and global humanism, Robert Charlick; A different look at sovereignty, Anthony D’Amato; International jurisdiction and prosecutorial crimes, Richard J. Goldstone; Coping with chaos while acting justly: lessons from Rwanda, David Rawson; The United States approach to international human rights law, David Weissbrodt; Prosecuting violations of human rights in U.S. courts: a primer for the justice department on the convention against torture, William J. Aceves; Why the international criminal court should have jurisdiction over contemporary forms of slavery, James G. Wilson; Will history repeat itself? case studies of systemic constraints on defence counsel in historic international war crimes trials and the need for resource parity, Richard J. Wilson; The (al) lure of the genocide trial: justice, reconciliation, and reconstruction in Rwanda, Mark Drumbl; The rights of indigenous peoples to a healthy environment and use of natural resources under international human rights law, Bradford C. Mank; Civil remedies for gross human rights violations, Michael Ratner; Holding multinational corporations accountable for human and environmental rights abuses, Richard Herz; Index.