300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1946, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights became the first international body empowered to promote global human rights. During its first twenty years, the Commission established most of the contemporary standards of human rights. Increased social awareness in the 1960s enabled the Commission to respond to specific complaints from individuals and nongovernmental organizations and to... Read more
Preface -- The Commission's Genesis -- A Quest for Consensus on Universal Norms, 1947-1954 -- Promoting Human Rights Ideals, 1955-1966 -- Non-Aligned Protection Initiatives, 1967-1979 -- Promoting Third World Norms, 1967-1979 -- Global Protection, 1980-1986 -- New Standards, Promotion, and Institutional Adjustment, 1980-1986 -- The Commission's Independent Sub-Commission -- Politics, Impact, and Future Prospects -- Afterword: Developments at the Commission's Forty-Third Session, 1987 -- : ECOSOC Authorizing Resolutions -- : Commission Membership, 1947-1987 -- : Symbols of Commission Documents and Publications
Biography
Howard Tolley,
