The riddle of human rights

Abstract

Introduction Riddle Argument Chapter I: Diverse Origins Civil Rights Political Rights Social Rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights Chapter II: Absolutes Human in Human Rights Assertion of Equality Rights as Inherent Rights as Indivisible and Inalienable Assertion of Universality Relativity of Human Rights Chapter III: Contradictions In Principle Contradiction in Private Property Corporation and the Individual Civil Rights and Social Rights Political Rights and Corporate Civil Rights Human Rights and Institutionalized Religion In Practice Unequal Rights of Men and Women Rights of Children Right of Self-Determination of Peoples Chapter IV: Rights Outside Capitalist Relations Socialist Countries Human Rights and the Third World An African Concept of Human Rights Islamization and Human Rights Human Rights and the Fourth World Chapter V: Curious Unanimity Contradictory Demands Support from the Right Support from the Reformist Left Meeting Ground of Left and Right: NGOs On the National Level NGOs on the Global Level Human Rights Watch HRW on Cuba Problem of Amnesty International Meaning of Social Rights Chapter VI: Future of Human Rights Globalization and Human Rights Non-Corporate Rights at the Global Level? Recent Global Mechanisms for Enforcement Truth and Reconciliation Commissions UN Ad Hoc Tribunals Compromised Commissions and Tribunals International Criminal Court Chapter VII: Principles for the Future? Respect for Human Rights Corporatization of the United Nations: The Global Compact Meanings Implicit in Human Rights Irrepressible Spread of Resistance Chapter VIII: September 11 and the New Behemoth Peace as a Problem Need to Defend Global Class Relations Political Economy of Military Spending Search for a Threat A Strategy Long in the Planning Global Ascendancy and Full Spectrum Militarization of Space Expansion of NATO New Technology for Civilian Repression Global Surveillance: Echelon A New Role for Nuclear Weapons Benevolent Global Hegemony Question of Pretexts Meaning of September 11: Its Aftermath Class War at Home Global Assertion of Dominance Transformation of International Relations and Human Rights Coming End of Liberal Democracy Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Notes Bibliography Index

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