Kenneth Roth
Biographic Data
| ID | 3744242 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Roth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Roth |
| SIGNATURE | ROTH K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Twin Threats
Ethics in Action
This book is the product of a multi-year dialogue between leading human rights theorists and high-level representatives of international human rights NGOs (INGOs). It is divided into three parts that reflect the major ethical challenges discussed at the workshops: the ethical challenges associated with interaction between relatively rich and powerful northern-based human rights INGOs and recipients of their aid in the South; whether and how to co…
Getting Away with Torture
The Bush administration's use of torture and inhumane treatment has undermined one of the most basic global standards governing how governments can treat people under their control. Contrary to the efforts of the administration to pass this abuse off as the spontaneous misconduct of a few low-level soldiers, ample evidence demonstrates that it reflects policy decisions taken at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Repairing the damage done …
Defending Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International organizations like Human Rights Watch are legitimately urged to pay more attention to economic, social and cultural rights. But practical prescriptions are often simplistic—typically involving only the rhetorical invocation of these rights. The strength of organizations like Human Rights Watch is not their rhetorical voice but their shaming methodology—their ability to investigate misconduct and expose it to public opprobrium. That …
Fighting a War under Its Rules [with Reply]
The Law of War in the War on Terror
The Case for Universal Jurisdiction
Behind much of the savagery of modern history lies impunity. Tyrants commit atrocities, including genocide, when they calculate they can get away with them. Too often, dictators use violence and intimidation to shut down any prospect of domestic prosecution. Over the past decade, however, a slowly emerging system of international justice has begun to break this pattern of impunity in national courts. The United Nations Security Council establishe…
Roman Compromise
Sidelined on Human Rights
The Case for Universal Jurisdiction
Behind much of the savagery of modern history lies impunity. Tyrants commit atrocities, including genocide, when they calculate they can get away with them. Too often, dictators use violence and intimidation to shut down any prospect of domestic prosecution. Over the past decade, however, a slowly emerging system of international justice has begun to break this pattern of impunity in national courts. The United Nations Security Council establishe…
The Law of War in the War on Terror
Sidelined on Human Rights
Getting Away with Torture
The Bush administration's use of torture and inhumane treatment has undermined one of the most basic global standards governing how governments can treat people under their control. Contrary to the efforts of the administration to pass this abuse off as the spontaneous misconduct of a few low-level soldiers, ample evidence demonstrates that it reflects policy decisions taken at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Repairing the damage done …
Fighting a War under Its Rules [with Reply]
Sidelined on Human Rights
Roman Compromise
The Case for Universal Jurisdiction
Behind much of the savagery of modern history lies impunity. Tyrants commit atrocities, including genocide, when they calculate they can get away with them. Too often, dictators use violence and intimidation to shut down any prospect of domestic prosecution. Over the past decade, however, a slowly emerging system of international justice has begun to break this pattern of impunity in national courts. The United Nations Security Council establishe…
Defending Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International organizations like Human Rights Watch are legitimately urged to pay more attention to economic, social and cultural rights. But practical prescriptions are often simplistic—typically involving only the rhetorical invocation of these rights. The strength of organizations like Human Rights Watch is not their rhetorical voice but their shaming methodology—their ability to investigate misconduct and expose it to public opprobrium. That …
Fighting a War under Its Rules [with Reply]
The Law of War in the War on Terror
Getting Away with Torture
The Bush administration's use of torture and inhumane treatment has undermined one of the most basic global standards governing how governments can treat people under their control. Contrary to the efforts of the administration to pass this abuse off as the spontaneous misconduct of a few low-level soldiers, ample evidence demonstrates that it reflects policy decisions taken at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Repairing the damage done …
Ethics in Action
This book is the product of a multi-year dialogue between leading human rights theorists and high-level representatives of international human rights NGOs (INGOs). It is divided into three parts that reflect the major ethical challenges discussed at the workshops: the ethical challenges associated with interaction between relatively rich and powerful northern-based human rights INGOs and recipients of their aid in the South; whether and how to co…
Twin Threats
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law and economics (5 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (3 works) · Human Rights and Development (3 works) · International Law and Human Rights (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Economics (2 works)