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The United Nations and human rights, 1945-1995

with an introd. by Boutros Boutros-Ghali

(The United Nations blue books series, v. 7)

Dept. of Public Information, United Nations, c1995

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"United Nations publication sales no.E.95.I.21"--T.p. verso

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

There are few causes with which the United Nations is more closely identified than the promotion and protection of human rights. This is an account of their work, featuring more than 100 key documents illustrating the organization's multi-faceted role.

Table of Contents

  • Establishing the system - from the Charter to the Universal Declaration (1945-1948)
  • improving the system - towards the adoption of the International Convenants on Human Rights (1949-1966)
  • operating the system - from the International Convenants to the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights and its follow-up (1993-1995)
  • towards new guarantees in the field of human rights. Chronology and documents.

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