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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (1984) --- Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants (1984) --- Foltering --- Marteling --- Torture --- Tortuur --- Verdrag ter voorkoming van foltering en onmenselijke of vernederende behandeling of bestraffing (1984) --- Cruelty --- Punishment --- Extraordinary rendition --- Torture. --- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment --- Konvensi Anti Penyiksaan --- Konvensi Menentang Penyiksaan dan Perlakuan atau Hukuman Lain yang Kejam, Tidak Manusiawi dan Merendahkan Martabat Manusia --- Konvensi PBB 1984 Tentang "Penyiksaan dan Perlakuan atau Hukuman yang Kejam, Tidak Manusiawi dan Merendahkan Martabat Manusia Lainnya" --- United Nations Convention against Torture

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Torture (International law) --- Torture --- Human Rights --- Prevention --- Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment --- Human rights --- International criminal law --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Cruelty --- Punishment --- Extraordinary rendition --- Law and legislation --- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment --- Konvensi Anti Penyiksaan --- Konvensi Menentang Penyiksaan dan Perlakuan atau Hukuman Lain yang Kejam, Tidak Manusiawi dan Merendahkan Martabat Manusia --- Konvensi PBB 1984 Tentang "Penyiksaan dan Perlakuan atau Hukuman yang Kejam, Tidak Manusiawi dan Merendahkan Martabat Manusia Lainnya" --- United Nations Convention against Torture --- Torture (droit international) --- Droits de l'homme. --- Human rights. --- Prévention. --- Prevention. --- Nations Unies. --- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) --- Droit international --- Prévention.

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Rana Siu Inboden examines China's role in the international human rights regime between 1982 and 2017 and, through this lens, explores China's rising position in the world. Focusing on three major case studies - the drafting and adoption of the Convention against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the establishment of the UN Human Rights Council, and the International Labour Organization's Conference Committee on the Application of Standards - Inboden shows China's subtle yet persistent efforts to constrain the international human rights regime. Based on a range of documentary and archival research, as well as extensive interview data, Inboden provides fresh insights into the motivations and influences driving China's conduct and explores China's rising position as a global power.

Human rights --- International law and human rights --- Human rights and international law --- International cooperation. --- United Nations Human Rights Council. --- International Labour Organization. --- Human Rights Council (United Nations) --- United Nations. --- UN Human Rights Council --- Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas --- Consiglio per i diritti umani delle Nazioni Unite --- UNHRC --- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment --- Konvensi Anti Penyiksaan --- Konvensi Menentang Penyiksaan dan Perlakuan atau Hukuman Lain yang Kejam, Tidak Manusiawi dan Merendahkan Martabat Manusia --- Konvensi PBB 1984 Tentang "Penyiksaan dan Perlakuan atau Hukuman yang Kejam, Tidak Manusiawi dan Merendahkan Martabat Manusia Lainnya" --- United Nations Convention against Torture --- China --- Foreign relations --- Human rights. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- International cooperation --- S08/0520 --- China: Law and legislation--Civil law, human rights: since 1949 --- E-books

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Must we fight terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety? In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction too by the anxiety that a violent response to violence makes us morally indistinguishable from our enemies. There is perhaps no greater political challenge today than trying to win the war against terror without losing our democratic souls. Michael Ignatieff confronts this challenge head-on, with the combination of hard-headed idealism, historical sensitivity, and political judgment that has made him one of the most influential voices in international affairs today. Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence--that far from undermining liberal democracy, force can be necessary for its survival. But its use must be measured, not a program of torture and revenge. And we must not fool ourselves that whatever we do in the name of freedom and democracy is good. We may need to kill to fight the greater evil of terrorism, but we must never pretend that doing so is anything better than a lesser evil. In making this case, Ignatieff traces the modern history of terrorism and counter-terrorism, from the nihilists of Czarist Russia and the militias of Weimar Germany to the IRA and the unprecedented menace of Al Qaeda, with its suicidal agents bent on mass destruction. He shows how the most potent response to terror has been force, decisive and direct, but--just as important--restrained. The public scrutiny and political ethics that motivate restraint also give democracy its strongest weapon: the moral power to endure when the furies of vengeance and hatred are spent. The book is based on the Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 2003.

Political ethics --- Terrorism --- Democracy --- Morale politique --- Terrorisme --- Démocratie --- Démocratie --- International relations --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Ethics, Political --- Ethics in government --- Government ethics --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Ethics --- Civics --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Political ethics. --- Terrorism. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Accountability. --- Al-Qaeda. --- Appeasement. --- Assassination. --- Authoritarianism. --- Civil disobedience. --- Civil liberties. --- Civilian. --- Clandestine cell system. --- Coercion. --- Colonialism. --- Complicity. --- Consent of the governed. --- Consideration. --- Counter-terrorism. --- Crime. --- Criticism. --- Cruel and unusual punishment. --- Declaration of war. --- Deliberation. --- Democracy. --- Derogation. --- Dictatorship. --- Dirty War. --- Due process. --- Enemy combatant. --- Equal Protection Clause. --- Extrajudicial killing. --- Extremism. --- Failed state. --- Fellow traveller. --- Forced disappearance. --- Freedom of speech. --- Habeas corpus. --- Impunity. --- Individualism. --- Institution. --- Intelligence agency. --- International Atomic Energy Agency. --- International human rights law. --- International law. --- Internment. --- Interrogation. --- Intimidation. --- Judiciary. --- Law of war. --- Legislation. --- Legislature. --- Legitimacy (political). --- Liberal democracy. --- Liberalism. --- Michael Walzer. --- Military dictatorship. --- National security. --- Necessity. --- Nonviolence. --- Nonviolent resistance. --- Nuclear weapon. --- Obedience (human behavior). --- Osama bin Laden. --- Patriot Act. --- Perfidy. --- Political strategy. --- Political violence. --- Politician. --- Politics. --- Politique. --- Precedent. --- Precommitment. --- Preemptive war. --- Prerogative. --- Pretext. --- Princeton University Press. --- Proscription. --- Public policy. --- Public security. --- Racism. --- Reprisal. --- Rogue state. --- Royal prerogative. --- Rule of law. --- Saddam Hussein. --- Search and seizure. --- Security forces. --- Self-determination. --- Separation of powers. --- State of emergency. --- Suicide attack. --- Superiority (short story). --- Targeted killing. --- The Public Interest. --- Torture. --- Totalitarianism. --- Tyranny of the majority. --- Uncertainty. --- United Nations Convention against Torture. --- War. --- Weapon of mass destruction. --- Westphalian sovereignty.

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A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights workEvidence for Hope makes the case that, yes, human rights work. Critics may counter that the movement is in serious jeopardy or even a questionable byproduct of Western imperialism. They point out that Guantánamo is still open, the Arab Spring protests have been crushed, and governments are cracking down on NGOs everywhere. But respected human rights expert Kathryn Sikkink draws on decades of research and fieldwork to provide a rigorous rebuttal to pessimistic doubts about human rights laws and institutions. She demonstrates that change comes slowly and as the result of struggle, but in the long term, human rights movements have been vastly effective.Attacks on the human rights movement's credibility are based on the faulty premise that human rights ideas emerged in North America and Europe and were imposed on developing southern nations. Starting in the 1940s, Latin American leaders and activists were actually early advocates for the international protection of human rights. Sikkink shows that activists and scholars disagree about the efficacy of human rights because they use different yardsticks to measure progress. Comparing the present to the past, she shows that genocide and violence against civilians have declined over time, while access to healthcare and education has increased dramatically. Cognitive and news biases contribute to pervasive cynicism, but Sikkink's investigation into past and current trends indicates that human rights is not in its twilight. Instead, this is a period of vibrant activism that has made impressive improvements in human well-being.Exploring the strategies that have led to real humanitarian gains since the middle of the twentieth century, Evidence for Hope looks at how these essential advances can be supported and sustained for decades to come.

Human rights. --- Accountability. --- Activism. --- Advocacy. --- Albert O. Hirschman. --- Amartya Sen. --- American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man. --- Amnesty International. --- Armenian Genocide. --- Authoritarianism. --- Bill of Rights 1689. --- Cambridge University Press. --- Capitalism. --- Civil and political rights. --- Civil society. --- Cold War. --- Colonialism. --- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. --- Critical theory. --- Criticism. --- Decolonization. --- Democracy. --- Democratization. --- Dictatorship. --- Economic inequality. --- Economist. --- Effectiveness. --- Ethnic cleansing. --- Exclusion. --- Federal government of the United States. --- Feminism (international relations). --- Forced disappearance. --- Foreign policy. --- Funding. --- Government. --- Great power. --- Guatemala. --- Human Rights Watch. --- Ideology. --- Impunity. --- Individual and group rights. --- Institution. --- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. --- Inter-American Court of Human Rights. --- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. --- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. --- International Criminal Court. --- International human rights law. --- International law. --- International organization. --- International relations. --- John F. Kennedy School of Government. --- Latin America. --- Lawyer. --- Left-wing politics. --- Legitimacy (political). --- Market fundamentalism. --- National security. --- Neoliberalism. --- Non-governmental organization. --- Nonviolence. --- North–South divide. --- Of Education. --- Ottoman Empire. --- Persecution. --- Pessimism. --- Philosopher. --- Political prisoner. --- Political science. --- Politicide. --- Politics. --- Princeton University Press. --- Racism. --- Ratification. --- Regime. --- Rights. --- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. --- Rule of law. --- Slavery. --- Social democracy. --- Social movement. --- Social science. --- Sovereignty. --- Soviet Union. --- Stephen Hopgood. --- Steven Pinker. --- Suffering. --- Suggestion. --- Terrorism. --- The Better Angels of Our Nature. --- Torture. --- Transitional justice. --- Treaty. --- Unintended consequences. --- United Nations Convention against Torture. --- Universal Declaration of Human Rights. --- War crime. --- War. --- Women's rights. --- World War II.