Human rights advocacy stories

This book tells the story of 15 human rights cases from around the world, including cases adjudicated by a court or commission as well as controversies decided outside the courthouse. The cases illustrate key themes, including the development of human rights norms and the work of human rights organizations; the function of individual and collective identities in human rights struggles; the role of international criminal norms in protecting human rights; globalization, foreign policy, and the economy; and human rights in a world at war. The text illustrates the dynamic interaction between advocacy and legal doctrine.

Outlawing torture: the story of Amnesty International's efforts to shape the U.N. convention against torture / Jayne Huckerby and Sir Nigel Rodley -- Story of the TAC case: the potential and limits of socio-economic rights litigation in South Africa / Amy Kapczynski and Jonathan M. Berger -- Stories of Dudgeon and Toonen: personal struggles to legalize sexual identities / Mark Bromley and Kristen Walker -- Gaining legal recognition of indigenous land rights: the story of the Awas Tingni case in Nicaragua / S. James Anaya and Maia S. Campbell -- Law of the republic versus the "law of the brothers": a story of France's law banning religious symbols in public schools / Karima Bennounce -- Engendering genocide: the Akayesu case before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda / Beth Van Schaack -- Story of Samuel Hinga Norman in Sierra Leone: can truth commissions and criminal prosecutions coexist after conflict? / Ari S. Bassin and Paul Van Zyl -- Universal jurisdiction and the dilemmas of international criminal justice: the Sabra and Shatila case in Belgium / Deena R. Hurwitz -- Arresting juxtapositions: the story of Roper v. Simmons / Alison J. Nathan -- Story of Narmada Bachao Andolan: human rights in the global economy and the struggle against the World Bank / Smita Narula -- Story of Sale v. Haitian Centers Council: Guantánamo and refoulement / Harold Hongju Koh and Michael J. Wishnie -- Story of Doe v. Unocal: justice delayed but not denied / Katie Redford and Beth Stephens -- Inspiring and inadequate: the Krstić genocide conviction through the eyes of a Srebrenica survivor / Doug Ford -- Story of Hamid Karzai: the paradoxes of state-building and human rights / Aziz Z. Huq -- Story of El-Masri v. Tenet: human rights and humanitarian law in the "war on terror" / Margaret L. Satterthwaite.