Human rights must be profoundly reconstructed, if not reinvented, if they are to confront successfully the challenges posed by the rise of political theologies and their rival conceptions of human dignity.

Written by leading experts in the field, this textbook explores the essentials of international human rights law, from foundational issues to substantive rights and systems of protection. A variety of perspectives bring this subject to life, making International Human Rights Law the ideal companion for students of human rights.

International Human Rights is the definitive guide to this diverse area of the law. The carefully selected extracts from primary and secondary materials and illuminating author commentary provide the reader with a sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis of the study of human rights within its wider social and political context.

A journalistic look at the terrifying growth of Islamophobia across the Western world today

Exploring how law organises irresponsibility, this book analyses the ways in which law legitimates human suffering by demonstrating how legal institutions operate as much to deflect responsibility for harms suffered as to acknowledge them. It shows how law facilitates the dispersal and disavowal of responsibility.

This text is designed to help you get the most out of every answer you write by improving your understanding of what examiners are looking for, helping you to focus in on the question being asked and showing you how even a good answer can be improved.

Explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable. This book tells about the threats to our freedoms and shows the unprecedented pressures those rights are under.

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

This edited volume examines contemporary global discourses on trafficking, forced labor and modern slavery from a variety of perspectives.

Fekete exposes a new kind of institutionalised racism behind the inhuman migration and security policies of the EU.

An unflinching look at the most urgent humanitarian crises around the globe, from one of the world's most daring philosopher-reporters

Since Al Qaeda's attacks on America in 2001, 'Islamophobia' has entered common parlance. This book considers attitudes towards Islam and Muslims in Russia, investigates the concept in Western democracies, and analyses the meanings of 'Islamophobia'. It analyses the ways in which the rights of Muslims are contested in various parts of the world.

- Introduction by Ai Weiwei - An urgent manifesto for global democracy from the leading 23-year-old Hong Kong activist - Nobel Peace Prize nominee and TIME, Forbes and Fortune world leader. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first ever student protest in Hong Kong to oppose National Education - and won.

"This wide-ranging book looks at all aspects of human rights, drawing on political theory, sociology, and international relations as well as international law."-Foreign Affairs

Discusses the endemic nature of Islamophobia in the West across various sections of society, both left and right.