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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert F Gorman; Edward S Mihalkanin |
| ISBN: | 0810855488 9780810855489 |
| OCLC Number: | 174099207 |
| Description: | lxxi, 403 p. |
| Contents: | Part 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acronyms and Abbreviations Part 4 Chronology Part 5 Introduction Part 6 THE DICTIONARY Part 7 Appendixes Chapter 8 A Universal Declaration of Human Rights Chapter 9 B International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Chapter 10 C International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Chapter 11 D Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Part 12 Bibliography Part 13 About the Authors |
| Series Title: | Historical dictionaries of international organizations series, no. 26. |
| Other Titles: | Human rights and humanitarian organizations |
| Responsibility: | Robert F. Gorman, Edward S. Mihalkanin. |
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The authors are well qualified. The book is easy to read...should be of interest to students, practitioners, libraries, government officials, journalists, and those interested in human rights. Arba, March 2008 ...[an] ideal reference for college library shelves and students of human rights and international politics. Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2007 Working from the notion that organized response to inequity and violations of human dignity started in the nineteenth century, the contributors of these several hundred cross-referenced entries explain such movements as women's suffrage, refugee relief, and poverty and hunger abatement, as well as recent developments in the arena of human rights. Entries include biographies of those prominent in humanitarian and human rights work, such as Frederick Douglass and Eleanor Roosevelt; histories of relief organizations and agencies, including the evolution of regional human rights bodies in Africa, Europe, and Latin America; descriptions of key treaties and agreements; and definitions of human rights concepts. Also included are a chronology of movements from the 1800s on, numerous photographs, and a bibliography. Reference and Research Book News, August 2007 Read more...
