Human Rights Matters: Local Politics and National Human Rights Institutions

by Julie Mertus

Book Overview

Among human rights advocates, dominant wisdom holds that the promotion and protection of human rights relies not on international efforts, but on domestic action. International institutions may capture news headlines, but it is national groups that effectively shape local expectations and ultimately make human rights matter.

Through a series of case studies and an extensive range of interviews with the administrators and constituencies of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804760942
• ISBN13: 9780804760942
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"