International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles - Softcover

Gibney presents critical issues in international human rights law in language which makes these topics accessible to the general public... Highly recommended. CHOICE Mark Gibney is a passionate and compassionate advocate of the universality of international human rights law. Using clear, accessible language and grounding himself in key legal cases, he urges states, transnational corporations, and international organizations to take responsibility for the human rights violations they cause, regardless of where those violations occur. This book will be popular among students and others who are frustrated with the inattention of domestic and international law to transnational abuses of human rights. -- Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Wilfrid Laurier University In clear prose and with systematic argument, Mark Gibney suggests steps for a more serious approach to protecting human rights as already defined in international law. His is a stimulating and important contribution for the age of globalization. -- David P. Forsythe, emeritus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

This clear and compelling book challenges the reader to rethink the entire basis for human rights, providing a vastly different vision of a way forward out of our current quagmire. Mark Gibney persuasively advocates for a much broader reading of the law on state responsibility, arguing that current law misses most of the ways in which states fail to protect human rights and police violations. Calling for other measures to provide victims the "effective remedy" that international human rights law promises, Gibney sets forth a series of practical steps that would profoundly change the nature of human rights protection.