Human rights at the UN the political history of universal justice / [electronic resource] :
Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi ; foreword by Richard A. Falk.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
- xxxii, 486 p.
- United Nations intellectual history project .
- United Nations intellectual history project (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-458) and index.
First expressions of human rights ideas -- The decline of human rights between World Wars -- The human rights crusade in World War II -- Human rights politics in the United Nations charter -- Laying the human rights foundation -- The universal declaration of human rights -- The human rights covenants -- The human rights of special groups -- The right to development -- Human rights after the Cold War.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.