Taking A Stand: The Evolution Of Human Rights

Taking A Stand: The Evolution Of Human Rights

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The term "human rights" entered our lexicon during the Carter presidency, and Juan Mendez has been tied to the movement ever since. As a result of his involvement in representing political prisoners in the late 1970's, the Argentinean military dictatorship arrested, tortured and held him for more than a year. During that time, Amnesty International adopted him as a "Prisoner of Conscience." After his release, he moved to the United States and began his lifelong fight for the rights of others, and the lessons he has gleaned over the decades can help us with our current struggles. Here, he sets forth an authoritative and incisive examination of torture, detention, exile, armed conflict, and genocide, whose urgency is even greater in the wake of America's recent disastrous policies. Mendez offers a new strategy for holding governments and private companies accountable for their actions, providing an essential blueprint for different human rights groups to be able to work together to effect change.

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