Modern political revolutions since the 18th century have swept away traditional systems of domination by declaring that ‘all men are created equal’. This de
There is a stark contradiction between the theory of universal human rights and the everyday practice of human wrongs. This timely volume investigates whether h
Globalization, interdisciplinarity, and the critique of the Eurocentric canon are transforming the theory and practice of human rights. This collection takes up
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