Decolonization and the evolution of international human rights

Roland Burke explores the changing impact of decolonization on the UN human rights program. By recovering the contributions of those Asian, African, and Arab voices that joined the global rights debate, Burke demonstrates the central importance of Third World influence across the most pivotal battles in the United Nations, from those that secured the principle of universality, to the passage of the first binding human rights treaties, to the flawed but radical step of studying individual pleas for help.

Year

2010

Language

English

Series

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Editions

4

Pages

234

ISBN

9780812242195

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