In search of a better world : a human rights odyssey

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ISBN	9781487003395 (pbk.)
Call Number	JC571 A315 2017
Author	Akhavan, Payam
Title	In search of a better world : a human rights odyssey / Payam Akhavan
Imprint	[Toronto, Ontario] : House of Anansi Press, 2017.
Physical	385 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Name	CBC Massey lectures series
Contents Note	The Knowledge of Suffering --The Pursuit of Global Justice --The Will to Intervene --The Oneness of Humankind --The Spirit of Human Rights --Notes --Bibliography --Acknowledgements --Index
Summary	In February of 2017, Amnesty International released their Annual Report for 2016 to 2017, concluding that the "us versus them" rhetoric increasingly employed by politicians is endangering human rights the world over. Renowned UN prosecutor and human rights scholar Payam Akhavan has encountered the grim realities of contemporary genocide throughout his life and career. He argues that deceptive utopias, political cynicism, and public apathy have given rise to major human rights abuses: from the religious persecution of Iranian Bahá 'ís that shaped his personal life, to the horrors of ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia,the genocide in Rwanda, and the rise of contemporary phenomena such as the Islamic State. He also reflects on the inspiring resilience of the human spirit and the reality of our inextricable interdependence to liberate us,whether from hateful ideologies that deny the humanity of others or an empty consumerist culture that worships greed and self-indulgence. A timely, essential, and passionate work of memoir and history, In Search of a Better World is a tour de force by an internationally renowned human rights lawyer
Subject Personal Name	Akhavan, Payam
Subject	Human rights
Subject	Civil rights
Subject	Crimes against humanity
Subject	Criminal justice, Administration of--Internationalcooperation
Subject	Genocide
Subject	World politics
Subject	Lawyers--Canada--Anecdotes
Subject	World politics
Keyword	New Arrivals 12-2019
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