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2118 - Human Rights

Sun, August 11, 8:30 to 10:10am, New York Hilton, Floor: Second Floor, Nassau West

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

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Foundations of U.S. sociology are deeply connected to questions surrounding human rights. Social movements have led to human rights. Disasters reveal strengths and weaknesses of human rights structures. Human rights are often undertaken by organizations. Politics surround human rights, influencing their implementation and progress. Sociology is well positioned to ask fundamental questions of human rights. In turn, our discipline may benefit from studying human rights.

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