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

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 bureaucra...

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Main Author: Normand, Roger, 1964-
Other Authors: Zaidi, Sarah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Series:United Nations intellectual history project (Series)
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxii, 486 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253000118
0253000114
9786612065828
6612065826
1282065823
9781282065826
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized