Kerri Woods

University of Leeds, Politics and International Studies, Faculty Member

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Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Leeds. Interests in human rights theory, environmental human rights, solidarity, feminist thought, dignity, ethics of refuge and asylum.
Address: POLIS, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, LS2 9JT

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Books by Kerri Woods

Human Rights

What are human rights? Why do we have them? How should we respond when we do not all agree on the... more What are human rights? Why do we have them? How should we respond when we do not all agree on them? These are just a few of the questions taken up in Human Rights which gives a comprehensive account of human rights, from their nature and range to their role in contemporary debates in areas such as religion, multiculturalism and the environment.

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Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability

Human rights and environmental sustainability have virtually unassailable legitimacy as objective... more

Papers by Kerri Woods

Refugees' Stories: Empathy, Agency, and Solidarity

Journal of Social Philosophy

The significance of being gay in Ghosh’s De-Moralizing Gay Rights

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

23. The Environment

Politics Trove

This chapter examines the ways that environmental issues affect human rights and the relevance of... more This chapter examines the ways that environmental issues affect human rights and the relevance of human rights to environmental campaigns. It also evaluates proposals for extending human rights to cover environmental rights, rights for future generations, and rights for some non-human animals. The chapter begins with a discussion of the relationship between human rights and the environment, along with the notion that all persons have ‘environmental human rights’. It then analyses the impact of the environment on human security and its implications for human rights issues before considering case studies that illustrate how environmental issues directly impact on the human rights of the so-called environmental refugees, who are displaced from lands by the threat of climate change and also by development projects. Finally, the chapter describes the link between human rights and environmental sustainability.

A Brief History of Human Rights

Human Rights, 2014

What is a Human Right?

Human Rights, 2014

Philosophical Foundations for Human Rights

Human Rights, 2014

A Political Conception of Human Rights

Human Rights, 2014

Global Poverty and Human Rights

Human Rights, 2014

Universalism and Relativism

Human Rights, 2014

Minority Groups and Minority Rights

Human Rights, 2014

Human Rights

Baber, Walter F. , and Robert V. Bartlett . 2005. Deliberative Environmental Politics: Democracy and Ecological Rationality . Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT Press

Glob Environ Polit, 2007

Climate Change and Cosmopolitan Obligation

Kerri Woods - Deliberative Environmental Politics: Democracy and Ecological Rationality (review) - Global Environmental Politics 7:1

Global Environmental Politics, 2007

The Idea of Human Rights by Charles Beitz

The Philosophical Quarterly, Jul 1, 2011

Human rights and environmental sustainability in the context of globalisation

Abstract This thesis undertakes a sustained engagement with theoretical debates within and betwee... more

Deliberative Environmental Politics: Democracy and Ecological Rationality (review)

Global Environmental Politics, 2007

While some early green theorists resolved the potential for conflict between democracy and ecolog... more

Religion and Human Rights

Africa Whatever one thinks of the politics and practices of other African States, South Africa al... more Africa Whatever one thinks of the politics and practices of other African States, South Africa alone continues to be the only country on the continent about which absolute statements can be made. It isn't simply that South Africa is a dictatorshipdictatorships are to be had wholesale, and not only in Africa-but that the legal system itself has been subverted by the State. South Africa, after all, is the only country on the continent that discriminates between citizens in law. In modern history that is paralleled by the Nazi rule in Germany in the 1930's. It is in this literal sense that the 'government' of South Africa is fascist. The preponderance of writers from South Africa is a reflection of this condition. Some, like Mbulelo Mzamane and Mongane Serote, have opted for exile; others, like Miriam Tlali and Njabulo Ndebele, continue to live in their country, albeit with long spells abroad. All of them concentrate on what it means to live in a fascist State, where even children-but always 'black': colour being, apparently, a meaningful attribute of human beings-are tortured and killed by uniformed vigilantes. This is not to detract from the problems in the rest of the continent. To be sure, the violation of fundamental human freedoms has been an increasing feature of life in, amongst other places, Kenya. Ngugi, who was imprisoned for a year because of a play he wrote, now lives in exile in London as a result. His latest novel, which appeared in his native Gikuyu last year, was promptly banned by the authorities within a month of publication. But repressive regimes never learn: when the bari'on his play, I Will Marry

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Human Rights

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Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability

Human rights and environmental sustainability have virtually unassailable legitimacy as objective... more

Refugees' Stories: Empathy, Agency, and Solidarity

Journal of Social Philosophy

The significance of being gay in Ghosh’s De-Moralizing Gay Rights

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

23. The Environment

Politics Trove