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Additional Physical Format: | Thompson, Andrew S. (Andrew Stuart), 1975- On the side of the angels. (CaOONL)20179002899 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew S Thompson; Alex Neve |
ISBN: | 9780774835039 0774835036 9780774835046 0774835044 9780774835060 0774835060 9780774835053 0774835052 9780774835077 0774835079 |
OCLC Number: | 963913699 |
Description: | xvi, 193 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Ideologies, interests, and the "impracticalities" of international human rights law, 1946-54 -- Tackling racial discrimination, 1963-65 -- Tehran and the struggle for control of the UN human rights agenda, 1967 68 -- Gross violations and the foxes that guard the hen house, 1975-79 -- The rights of indigenous peoples, 1982-84 -- Apartheid and the perils of casting stones, 1989-93 -- Equality rights and the prohibition of violence against women, 1991-94 -- Mass insecurity and the demise of the commission, 1995-2006. |
Responsibility: | Andrew S. Thompson ; with a foreword by Alex Neve. |
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Overall, Thompson charts the ups and downs-and eventual collapse-of the UNCHR. He does so from the vantage point of a middle power, whose officials were often frustrated by the inaction of the great powers and by the seeming overactivity of the smaller states of the Global South. In sum, On the Side of the Angels is a detailed and well-researched analysis that marks an important addition to the growing history of Canadian international human rights and the human rights revolution more generally. -- Asa McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada * Cambridge Law and History Review * On the Side of the Angels makes an important contribution to the existing scholarship by situating Canada and Canadian history into the broader study of the development of global human rights, something that has been lacking. -- Jennifer Tunnicliffe, University of Waterloo * International Journal * Read more...


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