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Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering

Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architecture of rights, this text casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering.Three case studies are explored - Tiananmen Square, East Timor and the circumstances of indigenous Australians.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 232 pages

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