1 War and peace in Northern Ireland: reflections on the contribution of academic and human rights communities&TOM HADDEN 1
2 Law and human rights rather than international human rights law&GEOFF GILBERT 19
3 Universality, historical specificity and cultural difference in human rights&DAVID BEETHAM 34
4 Doing human rights: three lessons from the field&CONOR GEARTY 52
5 Rights and righteousness: friends or foes?&FRANCESCA KLUG 67
6 Human rights, power, and the protection of free choice&SHELDON LEADER 81
7 Conscientious objection to military service&RACHEL BRETT AND LAUREL TOWNHEAD 91
8 In search of the third freedom ?'everywhere in the world'&ASBJ0RN EIDE 108
9 Lobbying for rights during the 'war on terror: the American Civil Liberties Union after 9/11&RICHARD J. MAIMAN 126
10 The future of the European Court of Human Rights&FRANCOISE J. HAMPSON 141
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