A World Refugee Day Reading List
06/20/2007
World Refugee Day is an event created by United Nations General Assembly resolution as an expression of solidarity with refugees and those who offer aid to them. While today, June… READ MORE
Category: Human Rights & Law
American Ethnologist Review of Female Circumcision
06/11/2007
American Ethnologist calls Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives, edited by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, "a provocative book, clearly written for both general and scholarly audiences" and "a respectful dialog that yet presses… READ MORE
The Phenomenon of Torture–Now Available
05/18/2007
The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary William F. Schulz, Editor. Foreword by Juan E. Méndez 424 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1982-1 | $34.95 |… READ MORE
Guatemalans in the Aftermath of Violence–Now Available
05/17/2007
Guatemalans in the Aftermath of Violence: The Refugees’ Return Kristi Anne Stølen 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4008-5 | $59.95 | £39.00… READ MORE
Conflict and Compliance–Now Available
04/25/2007
Conflict and Compliance: State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure Sonia Cardenas 200 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3999-7 | $65.00 | £42.50… READ MORE
Human Rights in Turkey–Now Available
04/13/2007
Human Rights in Turkey Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat, Editor. Foreword by Richard Falk 376 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4000-9 | $69.95 | £45.50 A volume… READ MORE
The Witnesses–Now in Paperback
03/14/2007
The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague Eric Stover 248 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3890-7 | $59.95 | £39.00 Paper… READ MORE
Chicago Tribune Reviews Jackson
03/12/2007
In a recent Chicago Tribune review of Thomas F. Jackson’s From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Eric Arnesen writes: Jackson . . . goes farther than many historians in arguing… READ MORE
Recent Books in Women’s Rights and Women’s History
03/08/2007
To mark International Women’s Day, here’s a list of our recent books on women’s rights and women’s history. Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Editor Venomous Tongues: Speech and… READ MORE
Overcoming Cruelty: What Torture Has Taught Me
03/05/2007
William F. Schulz, past president of Amnesty International and editor of the forthcoming The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary, will speak at the Drexel University campus in Philadelphia today…. READ MORE
