Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America
Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America

Author: Lars Schoultz

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1400854296

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The role of human rights in United States policy toward Latin America is the subject of this study. It covers the early sixties to 1980, a period when humanitarian values came to play an important role in determining United States foreign policy. The author is concerned both with explaining why these values came to impinge on government decision making and how internal bureaucratic processes affected the specific content of United States policy. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Human Rights Policy of the Organization of American States in Latin America
Human Rights Policy of the Organization of American States in Latin America

Author: Klaas Dykmann

Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 9781558763630

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The book provides a historical analysis of the human rights policy of the Organization of American States (OAS) between 1970 and1991. It offers new insights based on extensive research in archives and expert interviews in various countries. A description of the evolution of the inter-American system of human rights, especially the OAS human rights commission, is followed by an account of the human rights situation in the 1970s determined by military governments in the Southern Cone and U.S. president Jimmy Carter's vow to strengthen human rights. In the 1980s, the Central American civil wars and Ronald Reagan's anti-communism affected the human rights debate within the OAS. The author finally concludes by discussing whether the human rights policy of the OAS was successful or not, and whether the human rights issue was used as a tool for political ends. KLAAS DYKMANN, Institute of Comparative Overseas Studies in Hamburg, is a historian, political scientist, and human rights expert and the author of a forthcoming book on the European Union's policies toward Latin America.

The Inter-American System of Human Rights
The Inter-American System of Human Rights

Author: David John Harris

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 9780198265528

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This book, which can be used as a text for teaching purposes, gives a fascinating, and authoritative treatment both the rights protected by the Inter-American system and of the way in which its institutions work. An important part of the book is a thorough, article by article account of the guarantee in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and in the American Convention on Human Rights of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in the light of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and of the Commission's many country reports on the human rights situation in particular states. There are also chapters on the rights of indigenous peoples, amnesty laws and states of emergencies. The evolution and current methods of work of the Commission and the Court are set out at length and their achievements are critically assessed. The role of non-governmental organisations is also examined in this context. The book will be invaluable to all those interested in the protection of human rights in the Americas and international human rights law generally.

The Organization of American States (OAS)
The Organization of American States (OAS)

Author: Mônica Herz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-04-25

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1136813969

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The Organization of American States (OAS) is the world’s oldest regional multifunctional organization. This work provides a clear and comprehensive discussion of this important body, dealing with security, technical cooperation, and the construction of democratic institutions. Providing an incisive analysis of the history, decision making procedures, relevance, functions, and operations of the OAS, this book also examines the organization in the context of the web of international and regional institutions that deal with global governance and international politics in the Western Hemisphere. In this accessible and concise text, Mônica Herz seeks to move beyond the well-studied roles of the OAS as a tool of foreign policy and assess the increasing significance of its independent normative and operational activities. Providing an important resource to those seeking to fully understand the activities and impact of the OAS, this work will be essential reading for all students of Latin American politics, international organization, and global governance.