Beth Simmons demonstrates through a combination of statistical analysis and case studies that the ratification of treaties generally leads to better human right

This volume argues that international human rights law has made a positive contribution to the realization of human rights in much of the world. Although govern

Critically explores how international law is mobilised, by global and local actors, to achieve or block global justice efforts.

When faced with injustice what can a concerned citizen do? In 1933, when Hitler tried to blame Communists for setting the German parliament on fire, a group of

In the follow-up to his widely read The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America, author Edward Cleary examines some of the robust human rights movements of t