The fourth edition of David P. Forsythe's authoritative analysis of the place of human rights in international relations.

Human rights are invoked on many occasions. But are they more than lofty values and abstract principles? This text shows how human rights create legal entitlements for those protected by them and impose obligations on those bound by them.

Prospects for regional systems in the Middle East and Asia are also discussed. The relevant basic texts are reproduced in a documentary supplement.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international human rights: international human rights law, why international human rights have increasingly risen to world prominence, what is being done about violations of human rights, ...

This book is useful to decision makers in the wings of the government, law enforcement officials, law professors, and research scholars.

This book is designed to provide an overview of the development and substance of international human rights law, and what is meant concretely by human rights guarantees, such as civil and political rights, and economic and social rights.

"The successor to International human rights in context: law, politics and morals."

This third edition of Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings.

The book, which was originally published in 2006, also discusses the history and organisational structure of human rights and humanitarian law enforcement mechanisms.

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides an authoritative and original overview of one of the key branches of international law.