II New Titles
| Published date | 01 March 2010 |
| Date | 01 March 2010 |
| DOI | 10.1177/016934411002800114 |
| Subject Matter | Part D: Documentation |
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II new tItles
Aer Abu Ghraib: exploring human rights in America and the Middle East / Shadi
Mokhtari. – Cambr idge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. – ix, 252 p.
ISBN: 978–0–521–76753–8
is book t raverses three human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era: the
American human rights ca mpaign to challenge the Bush administ ration’s ‘wa r on
terror’ tortu re and detention policies , Middle Eastern eorts to cha llenge American
human rig hts practices (reversing the traditional West to East ow of huma n rights
mobilisations and discourses), and Middle E astern attempts to challenge their own
leaders’ human rights violations in light of American interventions. e inquiry has
three facets: rst, it explores i ntersections between human rights norms and power
as they un fold in the er a. Second, it lays out the layers of t he era’s A merican a nd
Middle Ea stern encounter on t he human rig hts plane. Final ly, it d raws out the er a’s
key lessons for moving the human r ights project forward.
Conspiracy of silence: the insurgency in southern ailand / Zachar y Abuza. –
Washington: United States Inst itute of Peace, 2009. – xv ii, 293 p. – (Perspec tives
ser ie s)
ISBN: 978–1–60127–002–3
A sectarian based i nsurgency has raged in southern ailand since January 2004,
leaving 3,000 dead and thousands more injured. A lthough southern aila nd has
witnessed numerous periods of secessionist conict, the present insurgency is dierent
in two signicant ways: it has rad ical jihadist overtones, and it has been ma rked by
an unprecedented level of violence. Drawing on original research and eldwork, the
author brings to t he fore several issues that t hus far have been ignored. He ex amines
the roots of the conict a nd gives a detai led overview of the present crisis. He a lerts
readers to the dangers that may lie a head for ailand and Southeast Asia.
Dening civil and politica l rights: the jurisprudence of the United Nations Human
Rights Committee / Alex Conte and Richard Burchill. – 2nd ed. – Farn ham: Ashgate,
2009. – xliii, 359 p.
ISBN: 978–0–7546–7656–0
is book provides an analysis and commentary on the decisions (views) of t he
United Nations Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights (ICCPR). Each of t he substantive rights and freedoms set out i n
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