Encyclopedia of Human Rights

Winner of the 2010 Dartmouth Medal, this major five-volume encyclopedia offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history. The set will provide situation profiles and full coverage of the development of the movement, historical cases of abuse, the key figures, major organizations, and a range of other issues in economics, government, religion, and journalism that touch on human rights theory and practice. In addition to providing original analytical articles covering standard subjects such as the right to health and health care, Amnesty International, the Balkan wars, and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, it offers innovative coverage of such subjects as the Internet, intellectual property rights, the American civil rights movement, globalization, and Brazil in historical context. Focusing primarily on developments since 1945, it offers an unrivaled reference source for students and researchers; even human rights experts are likely to find much original material and keen insights in many of the entries. KEY SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDE: ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS: American Civil Liberties Union, World Health Organization, UNICEF, Carter Center LEADING FIGURES: Adolf Hitler, Steve Biko, Elie Wiesel, Simone de Beauvoir, Joseph Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Pol Pot, Shirin Ebadi, Kim Jong Il HUMAN RIGHTS EVENTS AND CRISES: Darfur, Irish Famine, Soviet Gulag, Central America in the 1980s, Colonialism, Belgian Congo, AIDS HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS: Ethnic Cleansing, Women's Rights, Religious Freedom, Torture: International Law, Disability Rights

About the Author :
DAVID FORSYTHE is University Professor and Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He has worked as a consultant for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees and has published widely on human rights. He is also the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Human Rights section of the American Political Science Association. In the fall of 2008 he was awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair at the Danish Institute for International Studies.

Review :
"This encyclopedia comes at a momentous time in the world movement to protect human rights because it is now maturing into a force to be reckoned with. Only history will tell us whether the movement's full promise is realized."--From the Preface by Andrew Natsios, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development; and former U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan "I am confident that this five-volume set will provide useful assistance to those who stand up for rights, their own and those of others."--From the Foreword by Louise Arbour, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights "The best features of this work are the excellence of the articles, both for the clear and understandable prose and the in-depth analyses of the subjects, the very detailed index, and the carefully selected bibliographies...This encyclopedia provides a much-needed addition to the literature on human rights and should serve as the major resource for students, researchers, and human rights workers seeking the kind of analytical information it presents." --American Reference Books Annual "Forsythe has produced a magnum opus sure to take its place as a major contribution to the literature. All previous encyclopedic works on the subject pale in comparison. The sheer massiveness of this undertaking makes it a remarkable achievement."--CHOICE, Editor's Pick "A vital resource on one of the most important topics of our time."---Booklist STAR review and Editors' Choice "Truly satisfies one of the pleasures that lie at the heart of being a historian: finding facts and isolating critical turning points in the intellectual history of the human rights idea. And for those readers seeking answers to a vast array of questions in a quick and accessible manner, this encyclopedia will serve students, teachers, and interested readers extremely well. For those of us in the field, it allows us to quickly summarize areas we might include in teaching syllabi or within our own research with extensive bibliographies that point the direction forward for further research." --Human Rights Quarterly