A Textbook of Human Rights

Contents: 1. An introduction to individual in society and state. 2. Understanding human rights. 3. United Nations and human rights. 4. Protection of human rights. 5. Sanctions and jurisdiction. 6. Spirit of law and human rights. 7. Promoting human rights. 8. Human rights and justice. 9. Juvenile justice system. 10. State tyranny and amnesty international. 11. Global human rights. Bibliography. Index. The current textbook does not turn to the vulnerable groups directly but to the trainers. The aim of the author is that human rights trainer and trainee will find this textbook both a source of inspiration and a weapon in the struggle for food and freedom. This textbook wants to give human rights educators a tool for teaching and human rights students a source for learning along with study material to be freely adapted or easily copied. The task of this textbook is to return from the booming rhetorics to the simple meaning of human rights in order to strengthen them as tools for vulnerable groups and their supporters to address and combat the worst forms of oppression. It is a sad fact that human rights today are still a far cry from the minds or many oppressed people. For human rights education this means to return to the ABC of human rights. The ABC is usually dealt with in a primer. (jacket)