Human Rights in the 21st Century : Continuity and Change Since 9/11

This is the first book to offer a systematic analysis of human rights in the 21st century. The chapters, written from diverse methodological perspectives, provide rich and varied insights on vital questions concerning the resiliency, weaknesses, and prospects of human rights today. In this book, leading international human rights scholars take the familiar idea that 'everything changed' after 9/11 as a starting point for the first critical analysis of continuity and change in the international human rights regime in the 21st century. They analyze it from various levels of the human rights regime, including compliance and violations, normative and political discourses, legal and institutional developments at the national, regional and international levels, and developments in the non-state sector. Written from diverse methodological perspectives, the volume provides rich and varied insights on vital questions concerning the resiliency, weaknesses, and prospects of human rights today Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-9 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 International Human Rights Since 9/11: More Continuity Than Change....Pages 13-29 Why Human Rights Will Prevail in the War on Terror....Pages 30-48 The War on Terror through a Feminist Lens....Pages 49-62 Front Matter....Pages 63-63 Reverting to Form: American Exceptionalism and International Human Rights....Pages 65-85 Continuity and Change in the Russian Federation’s Human Rights Policies in the Fight against Terror....Pages 86-104 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 The High Price of American Exceptionalism: Comparing Torture by the United States and Europe after 9/11....Pages 107-130 Europe’s Human Rights Regime after 9/11: Human Rights versus Terrorism....Pages 131-149 Terror Blacklists on Trial: Smart Sanctions Challenged by Human Rights....Pages 150-165 Human Rights and Counterterrorism: The Case of the Netherlands....Pages 166-182 Caught in the Storm: Middle Powers as Barometers for the West’s Changing Attitude toward Security and Human Rights after 9/11....Pages 183-200 Front Matter....Pages 201-201 Transnational NGOs and Human Rights in a Post-9/11 World....Pages 203-221 Disaggregating the Effects of 9/11 on NGOs....Pages 222-236 Business As a New Actor in the Human Rights Regime....Pages 237-255 Conclusion....Pages 256-270 Back Matter....Pages 271-308 Introduction PART I: PERSPECTIVES International Human Rights since 9/11: More Continuity than Change-- J.Donnelly Why Human Rights will Prevail in the War on Terror-- M.Winston Feminism(s) in International Human Rights Post 9/11-- J.Mertus & T. Sajjad PART II: HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSES Reverting to Form: American Exceptionalism and International Human Rights-- M.Goodhart Any Fallout from 9/11 for Russia? Continuity and Change in the Russian Federation's Human Rights Policies in the Fight Against Terror-- L.Malksoo PART III: CHANGE? TRANSATLANTIC RESPONSES TO 9/11 The High Price of American Exceptionalism: Comparing Torture by the United States and Europe after 9/11-- J.Mayerfeld Europe's Human Rights Regime after 9/11: Human Rights versus Terrorism-- A.Mihr Terror Blacklist on Trial: Smart Sanctions Challenged by Human Rights-- P.Schneider Human Rights and Counterterrorism: The Case of the Netherlands-- P.Baehr Caught in the Storm: Middle-Powers as Barometers for the West's Changing Attitudes towards Security and Human Rights after 9/11-- Y.St. Pierre PART IV: CONTINUITY? GLOBAL TRENDS Transnational NGOs and Human Rights in a post 9/11 World-- H.P.Schmitz Disaggregating the Effects of 9/11 on NGOs-- L.Barrett Business as New Actors in the Human Rights Regime-- B.Hamm Conclusion "This is the first book to offer a systematic analysis of human rights in the 21st century. The chapters, written from diverse methodological perspectives, provide rich and varied insights on vital questions concerning the resiliency, weaknesses, and prospects of human rights today"-- Provided by publisher