Introduction : human rights as being-marginal-in-the-world -- 1 Islam, Iran, and the dialogue of civilizations -- 2 Racism, sexism, universalism(s) -- 3 Between despots and banks : a human rights response to Africa's debt crisis -- 4 Socioeconomic rights, radical democracy, and power : South Africa as a case study -- 5 New formulas, old sins : human rights abuses against migrant workers, asylum seekers, and refugees in the Americas -- 6 At the border of rights : migration, sex work, and trafficking -- 7 The right to madness : from the personal to the political - psychiatry and human rights -- 8 Embodying shadows : tracing the contours of women's rights to health -- 9 Human rights and sacred cows : framing violence, disappearing struggles