Abstract
In this chapter, we examine the place of human rights in contemporary social work. Globalization and the movement for global citizenship have provided a new impetus for examining the role and utility of human rights in social work. The IFSW, along with many national social work bodies, has incorporated human rights principles into its professional statements and ethical codes. Social work’s mandate, in this regard, is to assist people to maximize their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. However, while human rights ‘talk’ pervades many social work texts — including this one — it is equally a contested domain. Hence, one of our main purposes in this chapter is to explore the value of a human rights perspective in social work.
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