Using International Law To Wage Peace In Colombia: Indigenous People, Women, Human Rights

Using International Law To Wage Peace In Colombia: Indigenous People, Women, Human Rights   In recent decades, human rights advocates have won passage of a system of international human rights treaties, helping to address a wide range of social justice concerns. More and more, local activists are devising ways to use these international standards to make real change at home. Each major international human rights treaty has a corresponding "treaty body" or committee responsible for...

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