Human Rights Transformed: Positive Rights and Positive Duties

506 Book Reviews / International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 16 (2009) 503–510 S. Fredman, Human Rights Transformed: Positive Rights and Positive Duties (Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York, 2008. ISBN-13:978-0-19-927276-1, 261 pages, price EUR 31.50. Th is is a wonderfully ambitious book. In the space of 240 pages, the author engages with fundamental debates about the basis for human rights, the relation- ship between human rights and democracy, the role of the courts, ideals of equal- ity and of course the concept of positive human rights obligations. She brings in examples from the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, India