Roger Normand, Sarah Zaidi

Human Rights at the UN

The Political History of Universal Justice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It analyzes the expansion of the human rights framework in response to demands for equitable development after decolonization and organized efforts by women, minorities, and other disadvantaged groups to secure international recognition of their rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 746g
• ISBN-13: 9780253219343
• ISBN-10: 0253219345
• Artikelnr.: 22698091

Autorenporträt

Roger Normand is Associate Professor of Law at Lahore University, Pakistan, and co-founder and former executive director of the Center for Economic and Social Rights. He has lectured widely on topics related to international politics and human rights. He lives in Lahore, Pakistan. Sarah Zaidi is Coordinator of Research and Information Systems for Earthquakes-Pakistan and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Social Rights. She lives in Lahore, Pakistan.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Series Editors' Foreword by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G.
Weiss
Foreword by Richard A. Falk
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1. Human Rights Foundations in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
1. First Expressions of International Human Rights Ideas
2. The Decline of Human Rights between World Wars
3. The Human Rights Crusade in World War II
4. Human Rights Politics in the United Nations Charter
Part 2. UN Negotiations and the Modern Human Rights Framework
5. Laying the Human Rights Foundation
6. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
7. The Covenants
Part 3. The Impact of Civil Society and Decolonization
8. The Human Rights of Special Groups
9. The Right to Development
10. Looking at Human Rights since 1990 and in the Future
Notes
Index
About the Authors
About the United Nations Intellectual History Project