Against the world
Subtitle: South Africa and human rights at the United Nations 1945-1961
By: Jeremy Shearar
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Unisa Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Pretoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781868885985
Subjects: History; Human rights; Politics and government; United Nations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: 'What we have lost is all the more reason for cherishing what survives'; title: Quod severis metes: birth of the United Nations; title: South African Indians; title: Universal Declaration of Human Rights; title: International covenants on human rights issues; title: United Nations surveys of human rights issues; title: Evolution of human rights at the United Nations; title: State sovereignty at issue; title: Apartheid on the agenda; title: Shadow of Sharpeville; title: General relations with the United Nations; title: Concluding observations; title: Appendix: Selected provisions of the United Nations Charter.