What are human rights?
By: Joseph Harris
Series: Global questions
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9781445100661
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Human rights; United Nations
Description: This book looks at the history of human rights and the challenges faced when trying to get people to agree to a univerally acceptable code.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
Table of contents: title: What do we mean by human rights?; title: How did the idea develop?; title: How are human rights protected?; title: What are civil and political rights?; title: What are economic, social and cultural rights?; title: Has the human rights movement had an impact?; title: Glossary.