Editor: J. Alberto del Real Alcalà

Series Title: Current and Future Developments in Law

Human Rights Issues and Vulnerable Groups

Volume 1

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Printed Copy: US $131
Library License: US $156
ISSN: 2589-0107 (Print)
ISSN: 2589-0115 (Online)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-577-7 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-576-0 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2017
DOI: 10.2174/97816810857601170101

Introduction

This volume covers topics related to human rights issues and problems of people who are overwhelmed by hostile situations around them and are subsequently rendered vulnerable. The situations of vulnerability discussed in this book are related to suffering caused by the moral, family, social, economic or political conditions in which the people, and the groups they belong to, live. Readers are guided through a discussion about rights, as an instrument through which civil society and the ‘Rule of Law’ try to curb or even eliminate the suffering of these people. The aim of such efforts is to restore the situation of vulnerable people to a level of normality.

Human Rights Issues and Vulnerable Groups presents a discussion of issues surrounding several kinds of vulnerable groups: minorities, children, gender groups, persons with disabilities, migrants, cultural groups, displaced persons, victims of terrorism, linguistic groups, poor people, people in prison and sexual minorities.

The book is a detailed reference for graduates and scholars in law, political science, sociology and social psychology. The volume is also recommended for working professionals who operate with human rights groups and general readers (non-experts) who want to understand the discourse about human rights in a holistic (moral, legal, social, economic, and political) framework.

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