Human rights
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Human rights
(Modern world issues)
Cambridge University Press, 1987
Available at 17 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this clear and well-written account, the author explores the many facets of the complex issue of human rights from the origins of the concept through to a discussion of individual/small group action at local, national and international level. Beginning with an explanation of the nature of human rights by using a fictional society where rights are not recognised, the book goes on to examine a series of case studies, focusing on Central and Latin America, the USSR and Cuba, and the UK and Norway. The final section considers the defence of human rights with illuminating chapters on the failures and successes of such bodies as Amnesty International, the UN and the European Commission on Human Rights.
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