Human Rights

Jacana Media is proud to make this important book available again, now with a completely new introduction. First published by Oceanbooks, New York ...

'I have been a campaigner in many human rights causes, some successful, some less so, some failed. My mother once said, 'Anthony, we had such a fin...

It is often said that we live under systems of injustice. But if so, who ought to combat them, and why? Many in the world's liberal elite hold that...

A gripping story of four remarkable young men-photographers, friends and rivals-who band together for protection in the final, violent days of whit...

A collection of essays on a wide range of aspects of the Roma communities, cultures, social and political conditions across Europe. The scholarly ...

Edited by activist and former San Francisco 49ers super bowl quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Abolition for the People is a manifesto calling for a wo...

A half-century into the conflict between Israel and Palestine, Israels Occupation at Fifty brings together eminent political leaders, scholars, and...

A powerful portrait of the greatest humanitarian emergency of our time, from the director of Human FlowIn the course of making Human Flow, his epic...

A frank and enlightening discussion on race and the law in America today, from some of our leading legal mindsincluding the bestselling author of J...

Through her courageous resistance, she has, for a moment, drawn global attention to the ongoing struggle of Saudi women. The striking image of a yo...

Ensuring the protection of human rights in Europe has become a highly complex exercise. Where courts are faced with a human rights claim, they not ...

Ambalavaner Sivanandan was one of Britain's most influential radical thinkers. As Director of the Institute of Race Relations for forty years, his ...

For decades, the American political asylum process has been used to punish enemies and reward friends of the US government. Refugees from Cuba can ...

Are there any lessons Romania can teach transitional justice scholars and practitioners? This book argues that important insights emerge when analy...

In a searing takedown of the populist authoritarian vision of America, The Terror of the Unforeseen tackles the resurgence of fascism in the age of...

The MacArthur grantwinning environmental justice activists riveting memoir of a life fighting for a cleaner future for Americas most vulnerable A S...

Sharing experiences of 15 inmates and their battle for care, the author uncovers the truth about capital punishment and what goes on in our prison ...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE The most import...

The notion of fundamental rights is one of the most important topics of our times. Strident controversies concerning the content of fundamental rig...

Madison Powers and Ruth Faden here develop an innovative theory of structural injustice that links human rights norms and fairness norms. Norms of ...

In 1969, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau passed a law legalizing abortion in Canada. But making abortion legal did not guarantee women access to thes...