The making of international human rights : the 1960s, decolonization, and the reconstruction of glob...
The making of international human rights : the 1960s, decolonization, and the reconstruction of glob...
The making of international human rights : the 1960s, decolonization, and the reconstruction of global values / Steven L.B. Jensen, the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
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New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/918
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English
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xi, 313 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Negotiating universality: Introduction -- "Power carries its own conviction": the early rise and fall of human rights, 1945-1960 -- "The problem of freedoma': the United Nations and decolonization, 1960-1961 -- From Jamaica with law: the rekindling of international human rights, 1962-1967 -- The mak...
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New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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New York (State)
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2016.
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"On 14 June 1993, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali delivered the opening address to the World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna. The world had undergone massive political transformations in the preceding four years and the Vienna conference's purpose was to lay new foundations for international human rights...
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The making of international human rights : the 1960s, decolonization, and the reconstruction of global values / Steven L.B. Jensen, the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
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Human rights in history.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-300) and index.
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G 2016/918
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74VKzAQMdojO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzAQMdojO
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1107112168 hardcover
9781107112162 hardcover
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341.48
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991023538309702626
