"The product of a research project conducted under the auspices of the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University"--Page vii.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction Human rights and international order; 1 On the relationships between civil and political rights, and social and economic rights; 2 The incorporation of civic and social rights in domestic law; 3 Comparative practice on human rights: North-South; 4 Human rights and Asian values; 5 The politics of human rights; 6 Global accountability; Conclusion Human rights in discourse and practice The quandary of international justice; Acronyms; Index.
Summary
This work focuses on the imperatives of justice at the national, regional, and international levels through an analysis of civil, political, economic, and social rights.