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1) The rebel and the kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime
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2022.
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"A gripping account of an Ivy League activist-turned-fugitive and his clandestine effort to subvert the North Korean regime, a heart-pounding tale of a self-taught operative and his high-stakes attempt to change the world. In the early 2000s, Adrian Hongwas a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realized he had found a cause so pressing that he was ready...
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Every generation inherits the problems created by the ones before them, but no generation will inherit as many problems--as many crises--as the current generation of young people. From the devastations of climate change to the horrors of gun violence, from rampant transphobia to the widening wealth gap, from the lack of health care to the lack of housing, the challenges facing the next generation can feel insurmountable. But change, even revolution,...
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"People often associate civil rights with the campaign in the late 1950s and 1960s to achieve social and political equality and freedom for black Americans in the United States. Civil rights campaigners have also fought to gain rights for Chicanos and Indigenous peoples. Worldwide, the struggle for civil rights has included Catholics in Northern Ireland, Aboriginal peoples in Australia, and black South Africans. Describing reform movements in history,...
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With international human rights under challenge, this book represents a comprehensive critique that adds a social policy perspective to recent political and legalistic analysis. Expert contributors draw on local and global examples to review constructs of universal rights and their impact on social policy and human welfare. With thorough analysis of their strengths, weaknesses and enforcement, it sets out their role in domestic and geopolitical affairs....
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We live in a time when the most appalling social injustices and unjust human sufferings no longer seem to generate the moral indignation and the political will needed both to combat them effectively and to create a more just and fair society. If God Were a Human Rights Activist aims to strengthen the organization and the determination of all those who have not given up the struggle for a better society, and specifically those that have done so under...
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From the colonial period until modern times Christians have played a major role in the development of the United States of America. At the beginning, Christians had major input into the creation of the guiding documents and laws that helped the United States grow into a strong, free nation. During the previous century into the current century Christian influence has begun to wane and the respect for Bible believing evangelical Christians within...
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Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world's leading democracy. It is within this context that Angela Davis, one of America's most remarkable political figures, gave a series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional sexual...
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Migración en Chile ofrece una mirada amplia y actualizada sobre la realidad migratoria en Chile. Son 23 autores provenientes de las más destacadas universidades, centros de estudios y fundaciones del país, que en trece capítulos profundizan en las temáticas más atingentes a la hora de abordar la migración, como el contexto regional, legislación, trabajo, salud, educación, vivienda, economía, convivencia, entre otros. Con evidencia internacional...
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Este libro es producto de un recorrido a los espacios de las Naciones Unidas donde se elaboró la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos: el Comité de Borrador, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos, el Consejo Económico y Social, la Asamblea General. Además, fue dirigido por la necesidad de conocer lo que los delegados expusieron, debatieron y acordaron para dar vida a un documento que se convirtió en ícono y referente político y jurídico....
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¿Qué significa impartir justicia en tiempos de transición? ¿Qué tipo de reparación se les puede ofrecer a las víctimas de violaciones a los derechos humanos y a sus familiares? ¿Cómo se recupera una sociedad fragmentada y se conjugan visiones de la historia en disputa? ¿Cómo se generan diálogos y pasos hacia la convivencia democrática en contextos de conflictos sociales, con frecuencia violentos? En definitiva, ¿qué papel debe cumplir...
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Many human rights advocates agree that conventional advocacy tools- reporting abuses to international tribunals or shaming the perpetrators of human rights violations-have proven ineffective. Increasingly, social justice advocates are looking to social and economic rights strategies as promising avenues for change. However, widespread skepticism remains as to how to make such rights real on the ground. Stones of Hope engages with the work of remarkable...
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The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2016 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human...
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Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? How can nations possibly speak about a shared sense of identity in pluralistic societies where individuals and groups have multiple identities? And how can such conversations be given relevance in public discussions of reconciliation and development in South Africa?...
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The importance and influence of the English language in modern life cannot be gainsaid. Not only is there a large and growing number of people who communicate in it - about one quarter of the world's population by some estimates - but it is by far the world's favorite second language, that is, the language more people are likely to speak than any other in addition to their own native tongues. Indeed, one of the enduring realities of modern life is...
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Advocates within the growing field of children's rights have designed dynamic campaigns to protect and promote children's rights. This expanding body of international law and jurisprudence, however, lacks a core text that provides an up-to-date look at current children's rights issues, the evolution of children's rights law, and the efficacy of efforts to protect children. Campaigning for Children focuses on contemporary children's rights, identifying...
16) Imaginative Geographies of Algerian Violence: Conflict Science, Conflict Management, Antipolitics
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The massacres that spread across Algeria in 1997 and 1998 shocked the world, both in their horror and in the international community's failure to respond. In the years following, the violence of 1990s Algeria has become a central case study in new theories of civil conflict and terrorism after the Cold War. Such "lessons of Algeria" now contribute to a diverse array of international efforts to manage conflict-from development and counterterrorism...
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The treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay, and far-flung CIA black sites after the attacks of 9/11 included cruelty that defied legal and normative prohibitions in U.S. and international law. The anti-torture stance of the United States was brushed aside in a manner contrary to the U.S. historical experience. Since then, the debate over the guarantee of American civil liberties and due process for POWs and detainees has grown...
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Human rights are, derived from the dignity and worth inherent in the human person. Human rights and fundamental freedoms have been, reiterated in the Universal declaration of Human Rights, 1948. Democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are inter-dependent and have mutual reinforcement. The human rights for women, including girl child are, therefore, inalienable, integral and an indivisible part of universal human...
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Dr. Louis Day grew up as a white minority in a violent time and place in northern New Mexico in the 1970s. It was, not unusual for him to see tanks and armed military in his neighborhood. News of kidnapping, torture, and assassinations were not surprising. This environment has given Louis a lifelong backdrop to struggling with what Justice, Righteousness, and God's Rule of Law means to both citizens and their government.
From his experience and knowledge...
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The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights...
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