Scholars of history, law, theology and anthropology critically revisit the history of human rights.

Did the history of human rights begin decades, centuries or even millennia ago? What constitutes this history? And what can we really learn from 'the textbook n

Human rights offer a vision of international justice that today’s idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is based became fa

This is the little book that started a revolution, making women's voices heard, in their own right and with their own integrity, for virtually the first time in

Has there always been an inalienable 'right to have rights' as part of the human condition, as Hannah Arendt famously argued? The contributions to this volume e