The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st century, a living document in a changing world /

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"The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU's Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result - this vol...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: Global Citizenship Commission (Author), Open Book Publishers
Other Authors: Brown, Gordon, 1951- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : [New York] : Open Book Publishers ; NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study, [2016]
©2016
Series:Open Reports series ; v. 2.
Subjects:
United Nations. > General Assembly. > Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly)
Human rights.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
History.
History: specific events and topics.
Humanities.
Social and cultural history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Human rights
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Gordon Brown
  • Preface / by Paul Boghossian
  • The long and influential life of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • The evolving understanding of rights
  • Limitations and derogations
  • Social and economic rights
  • Responsibility for human rights
  • Implementation of human rights
  • Human rights and a global ethic
  • Appendix A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Appendix B. Members of the Commission
  • Appendix C. Members of the Philosophers' Committee.

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