Human rights at the UN
Subtitle: the political history of universal justice
By: Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi.
Contributors: Zaidi, Sarah.
Series: United Nations intellectual history project
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253349354; 9780253219343
Subjects: United Nations -- History.; Human rights -- History -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: First expressions of international human rights ideas; title: The decline of human rights between World Wars; title: The human rights crusade in World War II; title: Human rights politics in the United Nations charter; title: Laying the human rights foundation; title: The universal declaration of human rights; title: The covenants; title: The human rights of special groups; title: The right to development; title: Looking at human rights since 1990 and in the future.