This book presents a wide-ranging survey of the scope and significance of international human rights law. Arranged thematically in alphabetical format, it side-steps the traditional categories of human rights law, to investigate rights in the specific contexts in which they are invoked, debated, and considered. This book is an informative and accessible guide to key issues confronting international human rights law today.

Arms Children Culture Death Penalty Democracy Detention Development Disability Disappearance Education Fair Trial Food Globalisation Health Housing International Crimes Media Privacy Protest Racism Religion Sexuality Terrorism Torture Universality Victims Women Work

Susan Marks , University Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Emmanuel College Cambridge

`...a rich and informed survey of debates, problems and illustrations of how human rights penetrate all spheres of life...an up-to-date survey of human rights 'issues', a balanced, yet straight-forward and critical account of human rights norms, institutions and debates, a brilliant tool for teaching...and above all a well argued proof of the power of human rights in our contemporary world...In weaving together different aspects and demonstrating how human rights are important in all of them the authors...succeed in opening up new avenues to connect human rights with processes and developments that have long evaded scrutiny from the point of view of human rights scholarship. Marks and Clapham have written the book in an accessible style...yet the authority in the presentation and command of the subject is evident... thoughtful and reflective...goes beyond a traditional presentation of international human rights law...' Gerd Oberleitner, Modern Law Review, November 2006