Human Rights Theory and Practice

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The development of the international law of human rights has been paralleled by a growing public awareness worldwide of the meaning and significance of concepts of human rights "a sharpening global consciousness of inhumanity" which has in turn led to increased recognition by governments both of their internal accountability to the people they govern, and also of the need for "international legitimation" to conform and supplement their political legitimacy at home. Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law, in the forms of treaties, customary international law, general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups. Human rights are “rights (Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology. The aim of this book is to allowance numerous rewarding one stop shopping in connection with Human Rights. The aim of this book is to allowance numerous rewarding one stop shopping in connection with human rights. While depiction on the most up to date stuff it gives details the theoretical concerns in clear language, it explores the historical trends, it exposes readers to a number of main documents, and it suggests sources for extra research.