EAN: 9780241588819

HUMAN RIGHTS - SHAMI CHAKRABARTI GEBUNDEN

A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedomsAfter the
devastation of World War Two  the international community came together to enshrine fundamental
rights to refuge  health  education and living standards  for privacy  fair trials and free
speech  and outlawing torture  slavery and discrimination. Their goal was greater global
justice  equality  and peace. That settlement is now in danger  attacked by opponents from
across the political spectrum and populist and authoritarian movements worldwide. We are
threatened by wars  inequality  new technologies and climate catastrophe  and we need our human
rights now more than ever. In this powerful  accessible book  Shami Chakrabarti  lawyer 
parliamentarian and leading British human rights defender  shows us why human rights are
essential for our future. Outlining the historic national and international struggles for human
rights  from the fall of Babylon  to the present day  Chakrabarti is an indispensable guide to
the law and logic underpinning human dignity and universal freedoms. Her intervention will
engage both sceptics and supporters  equipping believers in the battle of ideas and persuading
doubters to think again. For human rights to survive  they must be far better understood by
everyone.

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