{"product_id":"human-rights-and-21st-century-challenges-poverty-conflict-and-the-environment-9780198824770","title":"Human Rights and 21st Century Challenges: Poverty, Conflict, and the Environment","description":"The world is faced with significant and interrelated challenges in the 21st century which threaten human rights in a number of ways. This book examines three of the largest issues of the century - armed conflict, environment, and poverty - and examines how these may be addressed using a human\u003cbr\u003erights framework. It considers how these challenges threaten human rights and reassesses our understanding of human rights in the light of these issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis multidisciplinary text considers both foundational and applied questions such as the relationship between morality and the laws of war, as well as the application of the International Human Rights Framework in cyber space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside analyses from some of the most prominent lawyers, philosophers, and political theorists in the debate, each section includes contributions by those who have served as Special Rapporteurs within the United Nations Human Rights System on the challenges facing international human rights laws\u003cbr\u003etoday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dapo Akande\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198824770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDapo Akande\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Public International Law \u0026amp; Co-Director, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law \u0026amp; Armed Conflict, University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJaakko Kuosmanen\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSenior Analyst and Project Manager, Demos Helsinki\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eHelen McDermott\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eResearch associate, Institute for Ethics, Law \u0026amp; Armed Conflict, University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eof Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDominic Roser\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSenior Lecturer and Researcher, University of Fribourg\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDapo Akande\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Public International Law and Co-Director of the Oxford Institue for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict at the University of Oxford. From 2012 to 2017 he was Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations. He has held visiting professorships\u003cbr\u003eat Yale Law, the University of Miami School of Law and the Catolica Global Law School, Lisbon. He was the 2015 Sir Ninian Stephen Visiting Scholar at the University of Melbourne Law School's Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law. He has acted as consultant, expert, or adviser on international law\u003cbr\u003eissues to United Nations bodies, the African Union Commission, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJaakko Kuosmanen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Analyst at the Demos Helsinki think tank. Before joining Demos, he was the Coordinator of the Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations at the University of Oxford. Kuosmanen has also worked for the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of\u003cbr\u003eEurope and for the Blavatnik School of Government. He also works as a policy consultant providing advice for governments and international organisations around the world. Kuosmanen is a member of the Foresight Team at the Prime Minister's Office in Finland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen McDermott\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate with the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law \u0026amp; Armed Conflict, University of Oxford. From 2015-2016, she was a Research Associate with the Individualisation of War Programme, European University Institute, Florence. In 2015- 2016, She was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow\u003cbr\u003ein law and armed conflict with the Oxford Martin School Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations at the University of Oxford. She has been a visiting scholar at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and at the Center for Human Rights \u0026amp; Global Justice, NYU. She has\u003cbr\u003electured and published on various international law subjects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDominic Roser's\u003c\/strong\u003e research in political theory focuses on global justice, intergenerational justice, human rights, risk, non-ideal theory, and the normative underpinnings of economics. He is particularly interested in applying his work to the challenge of climate change. With a background in economics\u003cbr\u003eand philosophy, he was a post-doctoral research fellow in the Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations at the University of Oxford before taking up a position as a senior lecturer and researcher at the University of Fribourg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932113682547,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_065e6e91-3d25-47f7-bdd5-1a34f2ca5006.jpg?v=1647790339","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/human-rights-and-21st-century-challenges-poverty-conflict-and-the-environment-9780198824770","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}