A Magna Carta for all Humanity
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A Magna Carta for all Humanity

Homing in on Human Rights

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eBook - ePub

A Magna Carta for all Humanity

Homing in on Human Rights

About this book

The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human kind'. Yet in the year in which this medieval Charter's 800th anniversary is widely celebrated, the future of the UK's commitment to international human rights standards is in doubt.

Are 'universal values' commendable as a benchmark by which to judge the rest of the world, but unacceptable when applied 'at home'? Francesca Klug takes us on a journey through time, exploring such topics as 'British values, ' 'natural rights, ' 'enlightenment values' and 'legal rights, ' to convey what is both distinctive and challenging about the ethic and practice of universal human rights. It is only through this prism, she argues, that the current debate on human rights protection in the UK can be understood.

This book will be of interest to students of British Politics, Law, Human Rights and International Relations.

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Subject Index

Abraham, Ann 177, 178
Abrahamic faiths 98; see also Christianity; Christians; Islam; Jews; Judaism; Muslims
accountability 65, 162, 173, 201, 208
Acts of Parliament 7, 10, 134, 162, 164, 170, 172, 230, 243, 261–2
Adorno, Theodor 17
Afghanistan: conflict in 57; ECHR jurisdiction in 198; human rights violations in 95, 198; portrayal of 81; voting in favor of UDHR 103n5
Africa 30, 41, 56–8, 68–9, 83, 227, 233; see also East Africa; sub-Saharan Africa; Sudan
Africa Commission for Human and People’s Rights 30, 58
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) 30, 57–8, 227
African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights 57
African Union (AU) 56
Age Concern 169
agreement theory 108
Al Qaida 132
Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin 82, 89
American Anthropological Association (AAA) 54–5, 108
American Bar Association 9
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 235
American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) 30, 227
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man 227
American Federation of Labour 25
American Institute of Law 20
American Jewish Committee 21, 23, 96, 112
American National Security Agency 186
American Revolution 112, 255, 273
Amis, Martin 16
Amnesty International 95, 159, 163, 186
Amritsar massacre 18
Anarchical Fallacies (Bentham) 109
An-Naim, Abdullahi A. 37, 55, 58, 109, 188
Another Bill of Rights? (Society of Conservative Lawyers) 244
anti-colonialism 52
anti-discrimination protection 41, 42, 99, 101, 115, 128
anti-foundationalism 63, 110
anti-immigrant legislation 160, 243
anti-Semitism 26, 111; see also Holocaust
anti-slavery campaigns 122; see also slavery
anti-terrorism legislation 250, 272; s...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Copyright information
  7. Preface and acknowledgements
  8. Foreword
  9. List of abbreviations
  10. INTRODUCTION The Magna Carta: marvel or myth?
  11. SECTION I Human rights: a time-traveller’s guide
  12. SECTION I Anthology
  13. SECTION II When universal human rights hit home
  14. SECTION II Anthology
  15. Select bibliography
  16. Subject index
  17. Case index