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Title Human rights : opposing viewpoints / Laura K. Egendorf, book editor.

Imprint San Diego, [Calif.] : Greenhaven Press, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  323 H88 2003    ---  Available
Description 208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series Opposing viewpoints series
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-202) and index.
Contents Human rights are universal / Jack Donnelly -- Human rights are not necessarily universal / Blair Gibb -- Health care is a human right / World Health Organization -- Health care is not a human right / Richard D. Lamm -- Defining human rights too broadly can destroy nations / John A. Gentry -- Human rights are often defined inconsistently / William Ratliff -- United States has violated the Geneva Convention in its treatment of terrorist suspects / Michael Byers -- United States has not violated the Geneva Convention in its treatment of terrorist suspects / Richard Lowry -- Sweatshops violate human rights / Gary MacEoin -- Sweatshops do not violate human rights / Scott Rubush -- Human rights for women are receiving greater attention / Temma Kaplan -- Human rights for women have not improved / Human Rights Watch -- Slavery in Africa must be eradicated / Charles Jacobs -- Anti-slavery groups are making false claims about African slavery / David Hoile -- Consumer boycotts can discourage the use of sweatshops / Linda F. Golodner -- Consumer boycotts are a misguided response to sweatshops / Fred Smith -- Nongovernmental organizations help improve human rights / Peter van Tuijl -- Nongovernmental organizations are increasingly counterproductive / Robert Hayden -- United States should support the International Criminal Court / Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court -- United States should not support the International Criminal Court / Lee A. Casey and David B. Rivkin Jr. -- United States should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women / Amnesty International -- United States should not ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women / Kathryn Balmforth -- United States should admit more refugees suffering serious human rights abuses / Mark Gibney -- Admitting more refugees into the United States is too costly / Don Barnett.
Subject Human rights.
Added Author Egendorf, Laura K., 1973-
ISBN 0737716894 (lib. : alk. paper)
0737716908 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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