Human rights and the borders of suffering

Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architecture of rights, this text casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering.Three case studies are explored - Tiananmen Square, East Timor and the circumstances of indigenous Australians

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