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Human Rights at the UN

Human Rights at the UN The Political History of Universal Justice - United Nations Intellectual History Project

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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, focusing on the hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that moulded the international system of human rights law. The book emphasizes the period before and after the creation of the UN, when human rights ideas and proposals were shaped and transformed by the hard-edged realities of power politics and bureaucratic imperatives. It also 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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ISBN: 9780253349354
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 341.48
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 486
Weight: 861g
Height: 247mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 31mm