Socio-Political Practice of Human Rights

List of Figures

Introduction

Part I The Debates

1. The universalism/cultural relativism debate

2. The place of law in human rights

3. The radical potential of human rights.

Part II The Case Studies

4. Kosovo - international humanitarianism and the narrative of 'ancient ethnic hatreds'

5. International legal institutions - site of empowerment or further marginalisation? The example of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

6. From civil to political society - human rights, knowledge and power in post-war Sri Lanka

Part III Retheorising Human Rights

7. Between the universal and the particular? Reframing the rights versus culture debate

8. Law as tool for positive social change

Conclusion - reinvigorating the radical potential of human rights

Bibliography

Index

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• Direito internacional
• Estudos étnicos
• Direitos cívicos e cidadania
• Sociologia
• Direito internacional dos direitos humanos
• Os estudos de gênero, grupos de gênero
• Direitos humanos
• Estudos cultirais

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