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

• Autore: Normand Roger <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (529 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.4/8
• Soggetto topico: Human rights - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ZaidiSarah
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-458) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human rights at the UN
• ISBN: 1-282-06582-3; 9786612065828; 0-253-00011-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454001703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: United Nations intellectual history project (Series)