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The human rights book

Author: Milton Meltzer
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
Edition/Format:   Book : Juvenile audience : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Discusses the evolution of a concept of human rights, how these rights are defined and interpreted throughout the world, to what degree they are observed or violated, and the international institutions and agencies responsible for gaining and maintaining these rights for individuals.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Milton Meltzer
ISBN: 0374335141 9780374335144 0374317003 9780374317003
OCLC Number: 4933494
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 264 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: The Politics of Torment --
To Be Human --
Junta Rule --
The New Order --
Rule by Race --
An Empire of Cogs --
Torture: the Ultimate Corruption --
The Power of the World --
An American Commitment...Abroad --
...and at Home --
Who is Doing What? --
What You Can Do --
Appendix: Selected Documents on Human Rights.
Responsibility: Milton Meltzer.

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Discusses the evolution of a concept of human rights, how these rights are defined and interpreted throughout the world, to what degree they are observed or violated, and the international institutions and agencies responsible for gaining and maintaining these rights for individuals.

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