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The making of international human rights : the 1960s, decolonization, and the reconstruction of global values /
Jensen, Steven L. B.
The making of international human rights : the 1960s, decolonization, and the reconstruction of global values / Steven L. B. Jensen - xi, 313 p. ; 24 cm. - Human rights in history .
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. 'Power carries its own conviction': the early rise and fall of human rights, 1945-60; 2. 'The problem of freedom': the United Nations and decolonization, 1960-1; 3. From Jamaica with law: the rekindling of international human rights, 1962-7; 4. The making of a precedent: racial discrimination and international human rights law, 1962-6; 5. 'The hymn of hate': the failed convention on elimination of all forms of religious intolerance, 1962-7; 6. 'So bitter a year for human rights': 1968 and the UN International Year for Human Rights; 7. 'To cope with the flux of the future': human rights and the Helsinki Final Act, 1962-75; 8. The presence of the disappeared, 1968-93; Conclusion.
9781107531079
2015039219
United Nations. Commission on Human Rights.
Human rights--History--20th century.
Decolonization--History--20th century.
341.481 JEN
The making of international human rights : the 1960s, decolonization, and the reconstruction of global values / Steven L. B. Jensen - xi, 313 p. ; 24 cm. - Human rights in history .
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. 'Power carries its own conviction': the early rise and fall of human rights, 1945-60; 2. 'The problem of freedom': the United Nations and decolonization, 1960-1; 3. From Jamaica with law: the rekindling of international human rights, 1962-7; 4. The making of a precedent: racial discrimination and international human rights law, 1962-6; 5. 'The hymn of hate': the failed convention on elimination of all forms of religious intolerance, 1962-7; 6. 'So bitter a year for human rights': 1968 and the UN International Year for Human Rights; 7. 'To cope with the flux of the future': human rights and the Helsinki Final Act, 1962-75; 8. The presence of the disappeared, 1968-93; Conclusion.
9781107531079
2015039219
United Nations. Commission on Human Rights.
Human rights--History--20th century.
Decolonization--History--20th century.
341.481 JEN