Format:
Online-Ressource (432 p)
Edition:
3rd ed
ISBN:
9780812221381
Series Statement:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Content:
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 centuries of human rights abuses into a global community that now boldly proclaims that the way governments treat their own people is a matter of international concern.
Content:
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 Rights -- Peacemaking 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 Rights -- Politics 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.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""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""
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""3. Entering the Twentieth Century: Visions, War, Revolutions, and Peacemaking""""Modernization, Internationalization, and Visions of Rights""; ""War, Revolutions, and Rights""; ""Peacemaking 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""
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""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 Rights""; ""Politics 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""
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""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 Evolution""; ""International 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""
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""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""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812209914
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812221381
Additional Edition:
Print version Evolution of International Human Rights : Visions Seen
Language:
English
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