Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Introduction / Rolv Ryssdal -- Human Rights as the Modern Tool of Revolution / Irwin Cotler -- On Torture: A Feminist Perspective on Human Rights / Catharine A. MacKinnon -- Liberation Theology and Human Rights / Michael F. Czerny -- Human Rights and the South African Context / Joe Thloloe -- International Human Rights Systems: Strengths and Weaknesses / Marc Bossuyt -- Introduction / Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul Mahoney -- From Civil Liberties to Human Rights: Acknowledging the Differences / Rosalie Silberman Abella -- Introduction / Chafika Sellami-Meslem -- Human Rights and Women’s Rights: An Analysis of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women / Shelley Wright -- Exclusion of Women from Politics / Mona Makram-Ebeid -- Exclusion of Women from Justice: Emerging Strategies for Reform / Norma Wikler -- The Exclusion of Women from “Work” and Opportunity / Marilyn Waring -- Introduction / Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul Mahoney -- Antisemitism, Pogroms and Human Rights in a Single Party State / Irwin Cotler -- Cross-Cultural Support for Equitable Participation in Subsaharan Africa / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’Im -- The New Zealand Maori and the Waitangi Tribunal / E. Taihakurei Durie -- First Nations and Self-Determination / Chief Ovide Mercredi -- Introduction / Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul Mahoney -- Equality Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Canadian and International Perspectives / David Lepofsky -- Before AIDS, Beyond AIDS: Human Rights of People with Contagious Diseases / Katarina Tomasevski -- The Rights of Mentally Handicapped Persons in Japan / Niall MacDermot -- Introduction / Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul Mahoney -- Ideological Components of the Concepts of Collective Violence, Human Rights, and Solidarity / John Ladd -- Introduction / David Morrison -- Effects of Militarism and State Violence on Women and Children / Ninotchka Rosca -- Overt Forms of State Violence / Jonathan Kuttab -- Establishing Accountability for State Violence / Michael McClintock -- State Responsibility for Covert and Indirect Forms of Violence / Dinah Shelton -- Hangings in South Africa – On the Trap Door to Oblivion / Brian Currin and Paula McBride -- Introduction / Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul Mahoney -- Can Armed Opposition Groups Violate Human Rights? / Nigel S. Rodley -- Violence Against Women in Canada by Non-State Actors: The State and Women’s Human Rights / Patricia Freeman Marshall -- Violence Against and Abuse of Children / Vitit Muntarbhorn -- Introduction / Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul Mahoney -- The United Nations Responses to Human Rights Violations / Christian Strohal -- The European Convention on Human Rights: A Case Study of the International Law Response to Violence / Paul Mahoney and Fredrik Sundberg -- The Right of Citizen Resistance to State Crimes / Francis Boyle -- Humanitarian Intervention / Anna Michalska -- Women and Peace: Militarism and Oppression / Christine M. Chinkin -- The Law of Armed Conflict: A Feminist Perspective / Judith G. Gardam -- Introduction / Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul Mahoney -- Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Nani Palkhivala -- Introduction / D. Martin Low -- The Right to Food in International Law / Robert Robertson -- Strategies for the Realization of the Right to Food / Asbjorn Eide -- International Responsibility To Implement The Right to Food / David MacDonald -- Introduction / Lynn Smith -- Implications of a Right to Health / Virginia A. Leary -- Privatization and Human Rights in Health Care: Notes from the American Experience / Daniel Wikler.

This unique and challenging volume is the result of a major international rights conference entitled Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century: A Global Challenge convened in Banff, Alberta, Canada in November 1990. The conference was supported and organized under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, The European Court of Human Rights, the European Human Rights Commission, the Strasbourg Institute of Comparative Human Rights Law, the Alberta Law Foundation and the International Centre at the University of Calgary. Its main objectives were legal education and legal research, which were met by a total of 92 speakers representing 24 different nationalities presenting their views on 24 human rights topics. Women and participants from developing countries in particular, brought a new vision of human rights to topics as varied as reproductive technology, state violence, and biotechnology. The theme of this book is thus the interdependence of legal, social, economic and environmental problems which transcend national and international boundaries and the spirit of solidarity which is required to resolve them. Written by a team of international and renowned human experts, it will provide a substantial contribution to the legal literature on international human rights.

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