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The Evolution of International Human Rights : Visions Seen /
This widely acclaimed and highly regarded book, used extensively by students, scholars, policymakers, and activists, now appears in a new third edition. Focusing on the theme of visions seen by those who dreamed of what might be, Lauren explores the dramatic transformation of a world patterned by ce...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
1998.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Visions and Visionaries; 1. My Brother's and Sister's Keeper: Visions and the Origins of Human Rights; Religious Visions; Philosophical Visions; Traditional Practices and Ideas of a Very Different Sort; Visions-and Reality; 2. To Protect Humanity and Defend Justice: Early International Efforts; To Free the Enslaved; To Assist the Exploited; To Care for the Wounded; To Protect the Persecuted; 3. Entering the Twentieth Century: Visions, War, Revolutions, and Peacemaking; Modernization, Internationalization, and Visions of Rights.
- War, Revolutions, and RightsPeacemaking and Human Rights; The Covenant: Rights Proclaimed and Rights Rejected; 4. Opportunities and Challenges: Visions and Rights Between the Wars; A Flourishing of Visions; Opportunities for New Departures; Persistent Problems and Challenges; The Gathering Storm; 5. A ""People's War"": The Crusade of World War II; War, Genocide, and Self- Reflections; Crusaders, Visions, and Proposals; Human Rights Versus National Sovereignty in Postwar Planning; Opposition from the Great Powers; 6. A ""People's Peace"": Peace and a Charter with Human Rights.
- Insisting on a Peace with RightsPolitics and Diplomacy at the San Francisco Conference; The Charter of the United Nations; Differing Reactions and Assessments; 7. Proclaiming a Vision: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; The Revolution Begins; Challenging Questions of Philosophy; Difficult Problems of Politics; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 8. Transforming Visions into Reality: The First Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration; Extending Rights and Setting Standards; Protecting Rights Through Implementation; Promoting Rights; Expanding Activities and Enhancing Rights.
- 9. The Continuing EvolutionInternational Law, the Responsibility to Protect, and Challenges to Sovereignty; Globalization, Development, Terrorism- and Torture; New Human Rights Institutions and Organizations; Technology and Political Will; 10. Toward the Future; The Nature and Power of Visions; People of Vision and Action; Forces and Events of Consequence; Process, Politics, and Perspective; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author.