The Contentious History of the International Bill of Human Rights

Human Rights

The Contentious History of the International Bill of Human Rights

By Christopher N. J. Roberts
Cambridge University Press March 2015

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ISBN-13
9781107601635
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
March 2015
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Traces conflicts about the definition of human rights and shows how a series of contradictions worked their way into the International Bill of Human Rights.

Table of Contents

1. What are human rights and where do they come from?
2. From war and politics to human rights: the Cold War and colonial recession
3. Protecting state sovereignty from the 'dangers' of human rights
4. Saving empire: the attempt to create (non)universal human rights
5. A version of human rights that permits racial discrimination?
6. The United States' unequivocal ambivalence towards socioeconomic rights.
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