Human rights at the UN [electronic resource] : the political history of universal justice / Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi ; foreword by Richard A. Falk.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: United Nations intellectual history project (Series)Publication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.Description: xxxii, 486 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.4/8 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ4984.5 .N67 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
First expressions of human rights ideas -- The decline of human rights between World Wars -- The human rights crusade in World War II -- Human rights politics in the United Nations charter -- Laying the human rights foundation -- The universal declaration of human rights -- The human rights covenants -- The human rights of special groups -- The right to development -- Human rights after the Cold War.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-458) and index.

First expressions of human rights ideas -- The decline of human rights between World Wars -- The human rights crusade in World War II -- Human rights politics in the United Nations charter -- Laying the human rights foundation -- The universal declaration of human rights -- The human rights covenants -- The human rights of special groups -- The right to development -- Human rights after the Cold War.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015.

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