02784nam 2200637 a 450 991045400170332120200520144314.01-282-06582-397866120658280-253-00011-4(CKB)1000000000534605(EBL)348669(OCoLC)476163675(SSID)ssj0000175062(PQKBManifestationID)11922853(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175062(PQKBWorkID)10189574(PQKB)11286832(MiAaPQ)EBC348669(OCoLC)237006102(MdBmJHUP)muse16571(Au-PeEL)EBL348669(CaPaEBR)ebr10231719(CaONFJC)MIL206582(OCoLC)437213268(EXLCZ)99100000000053460520070720d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman rights at the UN[electronic resource] the political history of universal justice /Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi ; foreword by Richard A. FalkBloomington Indiana University Pressc20081 online resource (529 p.)United Nations intellectual history projectDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34935-4 0-253-21934-5 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.Human rights activists Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi provide a broad political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations. The hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that molded the international system of human rights are all points of focus in the book.United Nations intellectual history project (Series)Human rightsHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Human rightsHistory341.4/8Normand Roger1964-1050213Zaidi Sarah1050214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454001703321Human rights at the UN2479835UNINA