Taking a stand
the evolution of human rights
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Author
Contributions
- Wentworth, Marjory, 1958- - Contributor
Publication
2011 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
61,500 words, Guess
Page Count
246 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25249821M
- ISBN-139780230112339
- OCLC Control Number703209461
- OCLC Control Numbertakingstandevolu0000mend
- Library of Congress Control Number2011012449
Classifications
- DDC323.092
- LCCJC571 .M3995 2011
Description
"Juan Méndez has experienced human rights abuse first hand. As a result of his work with political prisoners in the late 1970s, the Argentinean military dictatorship arrested, tortured, and held him for more than a year. During that time, Amnesty International adopted him as a "Prisoner of Conscience." After his release, he moved to the United States and continued his lifelong fight for the rights of others, and the lessons he has gleaned over the decades can help us with our current struggles. Here, he sets forth an authoritative and incisive examination of torture, detention, exile, armed conflict, and genocide, whose urgency is even greater in the wake of America's recent disastrous policies. Méndez offers a new strategy for holding governments accountable for their actions, providing an essential blueprint for different human rights groups to be able to work together to effect change"--
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