Human Rights
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From  NEW! Veiled Objections:Facing Public Opposition to the Niqab From: In Your Face |
This chapter is an attempt to analyze the growing agitation that has been expressed about Muslim women who cover their faces. | Natasha Bakht | 43 | 2020 | $4.30 Add |
 The Global Refugee Crisis: How Should We Respond?The Munk Debates |
The world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. Over 300,000 are dead in Syria, and one and half million are either injured or disabled. Four and a half million … | Louise Arbour; Mark Steyn; Nigel Farage; Rudyard Griffiths; Simon Schama | 114 | 2016 | View |
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From The Global Refugee Crisis: How Should We Respond? |
This reading consists of a transcript of the Munk Debate on the Global Refugee Crisis. The resolution being debated is "give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to break … | Louise Arbour; Mark Steyn; Nigel Farage; Rudyard Griffiths; Simon Schama | 45 | 2016 | $5.40 Add |
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From  The International Bill of Human Rights |
Discusses the International Bill of Human Rights, which is comprised of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the … | Gibran van Ert; Mark Freeman | 16 | 2004 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The Knowledge of Suffering |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan begins by recounting his own experiences coming to Canada from Iran as a result of the upheval of the 1970s. He interweaves personal … | Payam Akhavan | 76 | 2017 | $9.12 Add |
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From  The Mighty Tool of Public NarrativeSometimes David Wins with Marshall Ganz |
Resourcefulness — fueled by courage, commitment and imagination — can overcome nominally powerful resources, as well as the arrogance that often goes with them. | James Hoggan | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From The Oneness of Humankind |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the efforts of people to come together and fight human rights abuses. The chapter includes a discussion of human rights in Afghanistan … | Payam Akhavan | 70 | 2017 | $8.40 Add |
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From  The Politics of RightsFrom: Perils and Possibilities |
Byron Sheldrick | 26 | 2004 | $2.60 Add | |
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From The Pursuit of Global Justice |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan begins by recalling his experiences as a human rights lawyer in The Hague. He describes notable cases he was involved in and how it shaped his … | Payam Akhavan | 85 | 2017 | $10.20 Add |
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From  The Return of Mass FlightFrom: The Return of History |
From The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century | Jennifer Welsh | 61 | 2016 | $6.10 Add |
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From  The Right to Peace Takes ShapeFrom: Peacemakers |
Examines the development of the idea of the human right to peace and concludes what needs to be done in order to make this a reality. | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add | |
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From  Our Inalienable Rights |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the rights of Indigenous people and how the Trudeau government has not followed through on promises to enact the action items from the Truth and … | Arthur Manuel | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From The Spirit of Human Rights |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the bonds that unite humans and the ways in which we can use those bonds to protect human rights. Please Note: A collection can … | Payam Akhavan | 70 | 2017 | $8.40 Add |
 The United Nations in the 21st CenturyGrappling with the world's most challenging issues: militarism, the environment, human rights, inequality |
After more than seven decades, the United Nations embodies humanity’:s hopes for peace, security, social justice, human rights, equality for women, and a voice for all. At the same time, … | 98 | View | ||
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From The Will to Intervene |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses efforts by the international community to respond to human rights abuses an atrocities. He provides a history of UN peacekeeping … | Payam Akhavan | 61 | 2017 | $7.32 Add |
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From  Towards a System of LifeFrom: Radical Transformation |
Readings in Part 2 of this title entitled "Radical Transformation" outline the dramatic changes necessary to reform our civilization into one that is sustainable, and quitable. | Kevin MacKay | 39 | 2017 | $3.90 Add |
