Realizing human rights moving form inspiration to impact

This book brings together leading activists, policy makers, and critics to reflect upon a half century of attempts to advance human rights. Authors include President Jimmy Carter, who helped inject human rights concerns into US policy; Wei Jingsheng, who struggled to reform China from within Louis Henkin, the modern "father" of international law; and Richard Goldstone, the former chief prosecutor of the Yugoslav and Rwandan war crimes tribunal. A half century since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human rights, the time is right to assess how policies and actions effect the realization of human rights and to identify the new directions and challenges that lie ahead. A must read for everyone interested in, or aware of the increasing visibility of, human rights concerns on the public stage.