In a world facing the growing challenges of globalized apartheid and pandemicpoverty human rights will determine the future of every one of us and oursustainabi... » 

In a world facing the growing challenges of globalized apartheid and pandemicpoverty human rights will determine the future of every one of us and oursustainability as a species. This book allows us at least to reclaim our hopein that future.Roger Clark former secretary general of Amnesty InternationalAn excellent roadmap for navigating the labyrinthian challenges posed byglobalization. It should be used by human rights activists and studentsalike.Micheline Ishay author of The History of Human Rights From AncientTimes to the Era of GlobalizationThis eloquent call for the future of human rights and a just world order is amust read.Dr. Upendra Baxi University of WarwickMuch more than a simple guide to global human rights this book is anurgently needed and sophisticated reflection on the vital nature of humanrights in the twentyfirst century. Daniel Fischlin and Martha Nandorfy argueconvincingly that when the environment health water and food are more atrisk than ever before human rights must become the tangible expression of anallencompassing respect for life. «