Human Rights on the Edge by Heather Smith-Cannoy, Tricia Rede... - 9781032495712

Human Rights on the EdgeThe Future of International Human Rights Law and Practice\nAuthor(s): Heather Smith-Cannoy, Tricia Redeker Hepner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032495712, 978-1032495712\nSynopsis\nThis book grapples with the challenges inherent in an uncertain period for global human rights and explores the future of international human rights law and practice.\n\nMany Western scholars are increasingly pessimistic about the future of international human rights law. However, the contributions to this volume demonstrate that far from collapsing in the face of duress, the concept of human rights has endured despite contractions and the spectre of co-option and manipulation by the powerful. In addition, law is a malleable tool that is deployed in novel ways to promote human rights. The book illustrates that the power of human rights lies not in their essentialized transcendence of time, culture, and conte.