The Human Rights Reader: Major Political Essays, Speeches, and Documents From Ancient Times to the Present

The third edition of The Human Rights Reader presents a variety of new  primary documents and readings and elaborates the exploration of rights  in the areas of race, gender, refugees, climate, Artificial  Intelligence, drones and cyber security, and nationalism and  Internationalism. In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, it addresses human  rights challenges reflected in and posed by global health inequities.  Each part of the reader corresponds to five historical phases in the  history of human rights and explores the arguments, debates, and issues  of inclusiveness central to those eras. This edition is the most  comprehensive and up-to-date collection of essays, speeches, and  documents from historical and contemporary sources, all of which are  placed in context with Micheline Ishay’s substantial introduction to the  Reader as a whole and context-setting introductions to each part and  chapter.

New to the Third Edition
60 new readings and  documents cover subjects ranging from human rights in the age of  globalization and populism, debates of the rights of citizens versus  those of refugees and immigrants, transgender rights, the new Jim Crow,  and the future of human rights as they relate to digital surveillance,  the pandemic, and bioengineeringPart I has been reorganized into three  chapters: the Secular Tradition, Asian and African Religions and  Traditions, and the Monotheistic ReligionsPart V has been significantly  updated and expanded with the addition of an entirely new chapter ―  "Debating the Future of Human Rights."Each of the six parts in the book  is preceded by an editorial introduction and, in four of the parts, a  separate selection providing the reader with a general background on the  history and themes represented in the readings that followEach part and  several chapters conclude with new Questions for Discussion authored by  the volume editorAn extensive new online resource includes 62 key human  rights documents ranging from the Magna Carta to the United Nations  Glasgow Climate Pact