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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457409203321

Autore

Morsink Johannes

Titolo

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights [[electronic resource] ] : origins, drafting, and intent / / Johannes Morsink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1999

ISBN

0-8122-3474-X

1-283-21089-4

9786613210890

0-8122-0041-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Disciplina

341.4/81/09

Soggetti

Human rights - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-378).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Declaration at Fifty -- Chapter 1. The Drafting Process Explained -- Chapter 2. World War II as Catalyst -- Chapter 3. Colonies, Minorities, and Women's Rights -- Chapter 4. Privacy and Different Kinds of Property -- Chapter 5. The Socialist Shape of Work-Related Rights -- Chapter 6. Social Security, Education, and Culture -- Chapter 7. Duties and Communities -- Chapter 8. Article 1, the Preamble, and the Enlightenment -- Appendix. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a Guide to Discussions of Specific Topics and Articles -- Notes -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1999Born of a shared revulsion against the horrors of the Holocaust, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has become the single most important statement of international ethics. It was inspired by and reflects the full scope of President Franklin Roosevelt's famous four freedoms: "the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear." Written by a UN commission led by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted in 1948, the Declaration has become the moral backbone of more than two hundred human rights instruments that are now a part of our world. The result



of a truly international negotiating process, the document has been a source of hope and inspiration to thousands of groups and millions of oppressed individuals.