Human rights in crisis / edited by Alice Bullard - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2008 - vi, 160 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Human rights law, executive powers, and torture on the post-9/11 era / Lilsa Hajjar -- Human rights advocates in the post-9/11 era / Ashley Barr -- The body counts : civilian casualties and the crisis of human rights / Amy Ross -- International human rights law : struggling between apology and utopia / Richard Burchill -- Women's human rights in the twenty-first century : crisis, challenge, and opportunity / Marsha A. Freeman -- The Center for Justice & Accountability : holding human rights abusers responsible in the United States and abroad / Matt Eisenbrandt -- Human trafficking and migration / Dina Francesca Haynes -- Doctors Without Borders and the moral economy of pharmaceuticals / Peter Redfield.

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Human rights
Human rights advocacy
Torture (International law)
Women's rights
War on Terrorism, 2001-