Bücher der Reihe European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation

How can human rights retain their key role in securing human dignity in an age when states lose importance and non-statal actors are on the rise? Issues covered in this 2007 book range from the need for localisation of human rights to the efforts to make multinational corporations more socially responsible.

Written by an international and multi-disciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, this collection of essays analyses the central findings and recommendations of the three key documents in the post-2004 UN reform process, and assesses their theoretical and practical implications for collective security in international law and international relations.

How can human rights retain their key role in securing human dignity in an age when states lose importance and non-statal actors are on the rise? Issues covered in this 2007 book range from the need for localisation of human rights to the efforts to make multinational corporations more socially responsible.

Taking a fresh approach to the universality of human rights, this collection of essays focuses on explanations of why the divergence between theory and practice occurs, starting from the perspective of those people who try to invoke global norms at the local level.