| 14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions Contributor(s): Day, Shelagh (Editor), LaMarche, Lucie (Editor), Norman, Ken (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1552213528 ISBN-13: 9781552213520 Publisher: Irwin Law OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 323 |
| LCCN: 2014407758 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 436 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today, many human rights commissions are threatened or are no longer in existence. This book argues in support of our human rights institutions, including the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights. These arguments debunk current challenges to our human rights commissions and tribunals. Further, they chronicle the ways in which governments have backed away from the project of growing a culture of human rights, and of maintaining the role of human rights commissions to promote and protect human rights. In sum, this book will help readers to evaluate criticism of human rights institutions so that Canadians can strengthen current systems and ensure that they are responding to today's problems in the field of human rights. |
Contributor Bio(s): Day, Shelagh: - Shelagh Day is an expert on human rights with many years of experience working with governments and non-governmental organizations, the President and Senior Editor of the Canadian Human Rights Reporter, as well as a Director of the Poverty and Human Rights Centre in Vancouver.Norman, Ken: - Ken Norman is a professor of Law at the University of Saskatchewan.LaMarche, Lucie: - Lucie Lamarche is a professor of law at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). She is the former Gordon F Henderson Chair in Human Rights and the former Research Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre of the University of Ottawa. |