Lars Müller, Walter Kälin, and Judith Wyttenbach (eds.)

The Face of Human Rights

“All men are born free and have an equal right to freedom,” states the UN Convention on Human Rights. Almost all nations have signed treaties to this effect, and yet reality looks rather different: everywhere people are tortured and executed, children starve to death and women are raped. And yet the work of the countless human rights activists all over the world is worth while. Proceedings can be instituted against states that fail to meet requirements, as human rights are internationally enshrined. One of humanity's essential tasks is to implement them. This visual reader wants to make a contribution.

The Face of Human Rights attempts to present all aspects of human rights visually and make them tangible. 720 pages demand that readers address the issues. Over 500 photographs show human rights infringements world-wide and the tireless struggle to implement and preserve those rights. The extensive selection of text explores the background and creates a dense network of links.

“All men are born free and have an equal right to freedom,” states the UN Convention on Human Rights. Almost all nations have signed treaties to this effect, and yet reality looks rather different: everywhere people are tortured and executed, children starve to death and women are raped. And yet the work of the countless human rights activists all over the world is worth while. Proceedings can be instituted against states that fail to meet requirements, as human rights are internationally enshrined. One of humanity's essential tasks is to implement them. This visual reader wants to make a contribution.

The Face of Human Rights attempts to present all aspects of human rights visually and make them tangible. 720 pages demand that readers address the issues. Over 500 photographs show human rights infringements world-wide and the tireless struggle to implement and preserve those rights. The extensive selection of text explores the background and creates a dense network of links.

English edition – also available in German

Edited by Lars Müller, Walter Kälin, Judith Wyttenbach

Design: Integral Lars Müller

16,5 x 24 cm, 6 ½ x 9 ½ in

720 pages, 500 illustrations

hardback

2004, 978-3-03778-017-6, English
CHF 250.00

Walter Kälin

Walter Kälin is Professor Emeritus of Constitutional and International Law at the University of Bern and UN Special Advisor to the Humanitarian Coordinators for Somalia and Ethiopia. A former member of the UN Human Rights Committee and author of numerous publications, including on refugee law, his current research focuses on aspects of international human rights, especially on the protection of displaced persons.

Lars Müller

Lars Müller, born in Oslo in 1955 and a Norwegian citizen, has been based in Switzerland since 1963. After becoming a graphic designer in Zurich, extended travels, and a one-year assistant position with designer Wim Crouwel in Amsterdam, Müller established his studio in Baden/Switzerland in 1982. In 1983, Müller published his first book and as Lars Müller Publishers, with offices in Zürich, has produced some 600 titles to date.

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