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Un puesto de lucha. Los derechos humanos en evolución (Política y Derecho)

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La obra expone algunas de las grandes problemáticas en materia de violaciones a derechos humanos a las que se enfrentaron diversos Estados durante la segunda mitad del siglo xx y los inicios del xxi, tales como las detenciones arbitrarias, las desapariciones forzadas, la tortura, la migración, el genocidio y los procesos de justicia que les siguieron. Redactada con base en la vida y la experiencia del activista internacional de derechos humanos Juan E. Méndez, cada capítulo aborda de manera individual dichas problemáticas y desarrolla pequeños relatos en donde se narran los hechos de las violaciones, las torturas, la intervención de organizaciones internacionales y la búsqueda de justicia.

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Published January 7, 2022

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Juan E. Méndez

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Juan Méndez is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. Previously, he served as the first Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations on the Prevention of Genocide and is the former president of the International Center for Transitional Justice. He spent 15 years at Human Rights Watch, then served as executive director of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica and was president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States. He is currently a visiting professor of Law at Washington College of Law.

His latest book TAKING A STAND will be published 9/27 by Palgrave Macmillan. Stay tuned for giveaways, author events and more promos!

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