Limitations of the Liberal-Legal Model of International Human Rights
Six Lessons from El Salvador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11051132 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Anderson (0000-0002-1214-2001), Kim A Anderson (0000-0002-5258-2925, corresponding author), R Anderson (0000-0001-5946-7922), Ryan T Anderson (0000-0003-3175-545X) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 1985 |
| Issue | 64 |
| Pages | 91-104 |
| Publication date | 1985-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/0685064091 |
| OpenAlex | W2044244965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
To subject the international human rights movement to a purely theoretical critique cannot help but suggest a certain mean-spiritedness. After all, no one knows better than those in the front lines of human rights work exactly what, in terms of lives lost and atrocities suffered, the movement has been unable to achieve. The religious workers of the Salvadoran Archdiocese, the legal aid lawyers of Paraguay who affirm conscience over prudence, the founders of the Moscow chapter of Amnesty International, the prisoners in South Africa charged with treason for denouncing apartheid — they and their co-workers hardly need reminding by arm-chair academics that the tools of the human rights movement are laughably weak and that their best efforts save only a selection of individuals in a near-endless stream of victims
Amnesty · Conscience · Epistemology · Human rights · Human rights movement · International human rights law · Movement (music · Political science · Prudence · Right to property · Sociology · Subject (documents · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 1987 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |