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Anger and frustration among the Jordanian public over the government's perceived inaction in supporting Palestinians and condemning Israeli actions, as well as its response to the ongoing massive protests.

In the story, little Loujain yearns to fly with her wings, but only boys had that right. Despite hardship, her family supports her dream, making her an inspiring heroine.

The notion of human dignity plays a central role in human rights discourse. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognition of the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. The international Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and on Civil and Political Rights state that all human rights derive from inherent dignity of the human person. Some modern constitutions include human dignity as a fundamental non-derogable right; others mention it as a right to be protected alongside other rights. It is not only lawyers concerned with human rights who have to contend with the concept of human dignity. The concept has been discussed by, inter alia, theologians, philosophers, and anthropologists. In this book leading scholars in constitutional and international law, human rights, theology, philosophy, history and classics, from various countries, discuss the concept of human dignity from differing perspectives. These perspectives help to elucidate the meaning of the concept in human rights discourse

Throughout human history people have been driven from their homes by wars, unjust treatment, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The reality of forced migration is not new, nor is awareness of the suffering of the displaced a recent discovery. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that at the end of 2007 there were 67 million persons in the world who had been forcibly displaced from their homes-including more than 16 million people who had to flee across an international border for fear of being persecuted due to race, religion, nationality, social group, or political opinion. "Driven from Home" advances the discussion on how best to protect and assist the growing number of persons who have been forced from their homes and proposes a human rights framework to guide political and policy responses to forced migration. This thought-provoking volume brings together contributors from several disciplines, including international affairs, law, ethics, economics, and theology, to advocate for better responses to protect the global community's most vulnerable citizens

This report analyses the laws and administrative structures used by the Kenyan government to limit freedom of expression, focusing on political speech and news media expression. One year after December 1992 multi-party elections, the government still relies on arbitrary, repressive and politically motivated actions to limit the expression of opposition politicians, independent journalists and other Kenyan citizens. (DÜI-Hff)

These essays address crucial aspects of the humans rights and development interface, including the economics of social rights land rights and women's empowerment; child labour and access to education; reform of legal and judicial systems; the human rights role of the private sector and building human rights into development planning.

A genealogy of the criminal turn in human rights / Karen Engle -- Anti-impunity as deflection of argument / Samuel Moyn -- Doing history with impunity / Vasuki Nesiah -- The Suth African Truth Commission and the AZAPO case : a reflection almost two decades later / D.M. Davis -- Anti-impunity politics in post-genocide Rwanda / Zinaida Miller -- Whose exceptionalism? Debating the inter-American view on amnesty and the Brazilian case / Fabia Fernandes Carvalho Veçoso -- The distributive politics of impunity and anti-impunity : lessons from four decades of Colombian peace negotiations / Helena Alviar García and Karen Engle -- From political repression to torturer impunity : the narrowing of Filártiga v. Peña-Irala / Natalie R. Davidson -- Impunity in a different register : people's tribunals and questions of judgment, law and responsibility / Dianne Otto -- Beyond Nuremberg : the historical significance of the post-apartheid transition in South Africa / Mahmood Mamdani