The International Struggle for New Human Rights

Contents

Contents 1. Introduction: Fighting for New Rights 1 Clifford Bob 2. Orphaned Again? Children Born of Wartime Rape as a Non-Issue for the Human Rights Movement 14 R. Charli Carpenter 3. “Dalit Rights Are Human Rights”: Untouchables, NGOs, and the Indian State 30 Clifford Bob 4. Applying the Gatekeeper Model of Human Rights Activism: The U.S.-Based Movement for LGBT Rights 52 Julie Mertus 5. From Resistance to Receptivity: Transforming the HIV/AIDS Crisis into a Human Rights Issue 68 Jeremy Youde 6. Disability Rights and the Human Rights Mainstream: Reluctant Gate-Crashers? 83 Janet E. Lord 7. New Rights for Private Wrongs: Female Genital Mutilation and Global Framing Dialogues 93 Madeline Baer and Alison Brysk 8. Economic Rights and Extreme Poverty: Moving toward Subsistence 108 Daniel Chong 9. Local Claims, International Standards, and the Human Right to Water 130 Paul J. Nelson Notes 141 List of Contributors 179 Index 183 Acknowledgments 195 vi Contents ...