Changing perspectives on human rights 
         Can human rights 
         bring social justice?
         Twelve essays 
                             Edited by Doutje Lettinga & Lars van Troost
                 illustratie?
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          Can human rights bring social justice? Twelve essays 
         Strategic Studies                                     initiated by Amnesty International Netherlands
        Published in October 2015 by
        Amnesty International Netherlands
        ISBN: 978-90-6463-370-6
        Cover image: Spanish protest against the Euro zone leaders, agreed Pact for the Euro, 
        the cutbacks in the social policy and the economic crisis in Barcelona on 19 June 2011.
        © Peter Scholz/Shutterstock.com 
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         Can human rights bring social justice? Twelve essays 
           Changing perspectives on human rights 
           Can human rights 
           bring social justice?
           Twelve essays 
                              Edited by Doutje Lettinga & Lars van Troost
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Can human rights bring social justice? Twelve essays Can human rights bring social justice? Twelve essays 
         Also in this series:
         Doutje Lettinga and Lars van Troost (eds), Debating The 
         Endtimes of Human Rights. Activism and Institutions in a 
         Neo-Westphalian World, July 2014.
         www.amnesty.nl/endtimes
         Thijs van Lindert and Doutje Lettinga (eds), The future of 
         human rights in an urban world. Exploring opportunities, 
         threats and challenges, September 2014.
         www.amnesty.nl/urbanworld
         Other publications by Strategic Studies:
         Thijs van Lindert and Lars van Troost (eds), Shifting power 
         and human rights diplomacy: Brazil, November 2014.
         www.amnesty.nl/RisingPowerBrazil
         Doutje Lettinga and Lars van Troost (eds), Shifting power 
         and human rights diplomacy: India, March 2015.
         www.amnesty.nl/RisingPowerIndia
         Doutje Lettinga and Lars van Troost (eds), Shifting Power 
         and Human Rights Diplomacy: South Africa (forthcoming)
         Strategic Studies is an initiative of Amnesty International Netherlands. Since 2013 Strategic Studies has been mapping out 
         national and international social, political and legal developments which can affect the future of human rights and the work of 
         Amnesty International in particular. Contact: StrategischeVerkenningen@amnesty.nl.
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         Can human rights bring social justice? Twelve essays