Reclaiming Human Rights in a Changing World Order

412 Pages·2022·7.377 MB·English

by  Christopher Sabatini

Reclaiming Human Rights in
a Changing World Order

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reclaiming
Human
rights in
a changing
World
Order
CHRISTOPHER SABATINI
Brookings Institution Press
Washington, D.C.
Chatham House
The Royal Institute of International Affairs
London
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Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowle dgments xvii
Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi
Introduction
Christopher Sabatini
1
PART I
Geopolitics
one
Human Rights: From Evolution to Devolution?
Christopher Sabatini
11
two
Positioning H uman Rights in China- U.S. Relations
Rosemary Foot
31
three
Crossing the “Redline”: Engaging Rus sia in the Multilateral Order
Nandini Ramanujam and Vishakha Wijenayake
50
four
Same Blueprint, New Norms: Regional Organ izations,
Illiberalism, and the Rise of Contested
Global Governance
Alexander Cooley
77
viii Contents
five
Human Rights, Pandemics, and the Infrastructure
of H uman Rights Institutions
Rana Moustafa
93
PART II
Domestic Politics and International
Human Rights Policies
six
Protecting H uman Rights from Exclusionary Pop u lism
Gerald Neuman
123
seven
Evangelicals and H uman Rights
Melani McAlister
149
PART III
New Technologies and H uman Rights
eight
Technical Standards and H uman Rights: The Case of New IP
Emily Taylor, Kate Jones, and Carolina Caeiro
185
nine
Autonomous Weapon Systems: Accountability Gaps
and Racial Oppression
Thompson Chengeta
216
PART IV
Regional Human Rights Systems
ten
Pop u lism and the Protection of Human Rights in Eu rope:
The Challenge from Within
Urfan Khaliq
237
Contents ix
eleven
Polishing the Crown Jewel of the Western Hemi sphere:
The Inter- American Commission on H uman Rights
Santiago Canton and Angelita Baeyens
257
twelve
Caught between Geopolitics, Demo cratic Regression, and the
“Sovereign Backlash”: The African H uman Rights System
Solomon Dersso
281
thirteen
Human Rights and Geopolitics in the Middle East,
North Africa, and Af ghan i stan
Asli Ü. Bâli
308
Conclusions: Reforming, Rebuilding, Modernizing
the International H uman Rights System
Ana Lankes and Christopher Sabatini
333
Contributors 353
Index 357