Indivisible Human Rights : A History.
Whelan, Daniel J.
Indivisible Human Rights : A History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages) - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series . - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series .
Cover -- TitlePage -- CopyrightPage -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Indivisible, Interdependent, and Interrelated Human Rights -- Chapter 2. Antecedents of the Universal Declaration -- Chapter 3. International Guarantees and State Responsibility before the Universal Declaration -- Chapter 4. From Declaration to Covenant -- Chapter 5. Including Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights -- Chapter 6. Division of the Covenant -- Chapter 7. Indivisibility as Postcolonial Revisionism: 1952-1968 -- Chapter 8. Indivisibility as Economic Justice: 1968-1986 -- Chapter 9. Indivisibility as Restoration: 1986-2009 -- Chapter 10. Indivisible Human Rights: Past and Future -- Appendix. Covenants on Human Rights: Drafting Procedures and Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Indexs -- Acknowledgments.
Daniel Whelan illustrates how the rhetoric of indivisibility has frequently been used to further political ends that have little to do with protecting the rights of the individual. Drawing on scores of original documents, he reveals the conflicts and compromises behind a half century of human rights discourse.
9780812205404
Human rights-History.
Social rights-History.
Electronic books.
JC571 -- .W423 2010eb
323.09
Indivisible Human Rights : A History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages) - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series . - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series .
Cover -- TitlePage -- CopyrightPage -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Indivisible, Interdependent, and Interrelated Human Rights -- Chapter 2. Antecedents of the Universal Declaration -- Chapter 3. International Guarantees and State Responsibility before the Universal Declaration -- Chapter 4. From Declaration to Covenant -- Chapter 5. Including Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights -- Chapter 6. Division of the Covenant -- Chapter 7. Indivisibility as Postcolonial Revisionism: 1952-1968 -- Chapter 8. Indivisibility as Economic Justice: 1968-1986 -- Chapter 9. Indivisibility as Restoration: 1986-2009 -- Chapter 10. Indivisible Human Rights: Past and Future -- Appendix. Covenants on Human Rights: Drafting Procedures and Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Indexs -- Acknowledgments.
Daniel Whelan illustrates how the rhetoric of indivisibility has frequently been used to further political ends that have little to do with protecting the rights of the individual. Drawing on scores of original documents, he reveals the conflicts and compromises behind a half century of human rights discourse.
9780812205404
Human rights-History.
Social rights-History.
Electronic books.
JC571 -- .W423 2010eb
323.09