The face of human rights / edited by Walter Kälin, Lars Müller, Judith Wyttenbach.

Title & Author:

The face of human rights / edited by Walter Kälin, Lars Müller, Judith Wyttenbach.

Publication:

Baden : Lars Müller Publishers, 2004.

Description:

719 pages : chiefly color photographs ; 25 cm

Notes:
Selection of images and design: Lars Müller and Claudia Klein.
What are human rights? / Walter Kalin -- Human existence: the right to life -- Identity of the human person: prohibition of discrimination -- Eight bullets, evidence of an unjust execution / Alexander Kluge -- Inside death row, Huntsville, Texas / Magrit Sprecher -- Brotherhood and unity / Slavenka Drakulic -- The emperor / Ryszard Kapuscinski -- Visualising women's right to health care in Afghanistan / Sima Samar -- Adequate standards of living: the right to food, the right to health, the right to housing -- Private sphere: the protection of private life -- Human beings for human rights -- eleven portraits -- Intellectual and spiritual life: the freedom of thought and belief, the right to education -- Economic life: the right to work, the protection of property -- Galileo, the heretic / Alexander Kluge -- The emperor / Ryszard Kapuscinski -- Freedom / Carlos Fuentes -- The first exile / Wole Soyinka -- Regarding the pain of others / Susan Sontag -- In the hands of the state: fair trial and prohibition of torture -- Political participation: political rights and freedom of expression -- Displacement, flight and exile: the rights of refugees and displaced persons.

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ISBN:

3037780177 (English edition ; hd. bd.)
9783037780176 (English edition ; hd. bd.)
9783037780350
3037780355

Subject:

Human rights.
Human rights Pictorial works.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Ouvrages illustrés.
Menschenrecht Aufsatzsammlung.
Menschenrecht Bildband.

Form/genre:

artists' books (books)
Artists' books
Illustrated works
Livres d'artistes.

Added entries:

Kälin, Walter, editor.
Wyttenbach, Judith, editor.
Müller, Lars, 1955- editor, book designer.
Klein, Claudia, book designer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325914
Call No.: 325914
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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