02086cam a2200325 a 4500 16700299 20140903163902.0 110321s2011 nyu b 001 0aeng 2011012449 9780230112339 DLC DLC DLC pcc JC 571 .M3995 2011 323.092 B POL035010 bisacsh Méndez, Juan E. Taking a stand : the evolution of human rights / Juan E. Méndez with Marjory Wentworth. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ix, 246 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. "Juan Méndez has experienced human rights abuse first hand. As a result of his work with political prisoners in the late 1970s, the Argentinean military dictatorship arrested, tortured, and held him for more than a year. During that time, Amnesty International adopted him as a "Prisoner of Conscience." After his release, he moved to the United States and continued his lifelong fight for the rights of others, and the lessons he has gleaned over the decades can help us with our current struggles. Here, he sets forth an authoritative and incisive examination of torture, detention, exile, armed conflict, and genocide, whose urgency is even greater in the wake of America's recent disastrous policies. Méndez offers a new strategy for holding governments accountable for their actions, providing an essential blueprint for different human rights groups to be able to work together to effect change"-- Méndez, Juan E. Human rights workers Biography. Political prisoners Civil rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights bisacsh. Wentworth, Marjory, 1958- 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK FOR 275407 275407 0 0 lcc 0 OP CL CL GC 2014-09-03 DONATION 1 JC 571 .M3995 2011 C18613 2022-10-28 00:00:00 2017-01-24 2014-09-03 BK