The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and IntentUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 1999 - 378 páginas Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1999 Born of a shared revulsion against the horrors of the Holocaust, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has become the single most important statement of international ethics. It was inspired by and reflects the full scope of President Franklin Roosevelt's famous four freedoms: "the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear." Written by a UN commission led by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted in 1948, the Declaration has become the moral backbone of more than two hundred human rights instruments that are now a part of our world. The result of a truly international negotiating process, the document has been a source of hope and inspiration to thousands of groups and millions of oppressed individuals. |
Contenido
The Drafting Process Explained | 1 |
12 The Seven Drafting Stages | 4 |
13 Original Intentions and the Cold War | 12 |
14 The Eight Abstentions | 21 |
15 Authors Title and Addressees | 28 |
World War II as Catalyst | 36 |
21 Personal Security and the Camps | 37 |
22 Nazification and Legal Human Rights | 43 |
53 The Campaign for Trade Union Rights | 168 |
54 Union Shops Strikes and Levels of Implementation | 174 |
Human Labour Is Not a Merchandise | 181 |
Social Security Education and Culture | 191 |
61 Food Clothing Housing and Medical Care | 192 |
62 Troubles with the Phrase Social Security | 199 |
63 The Rights to Full Development Education and Culture | 210 |
64 The Distinction Between Old and New Human Rights | 222 |
23 The Problem with the Nuremberg Trials | 52 |
24 Democracy Free Speech and Hate Speech | 58 |
25 Special International Rights and the Role of the United Nation | 72 |
26 Social Economic and Cultural Examples | 88 |
Colonies Minorities and Womens Rights | 92 |
31 The Communist Push for Nondiscrimination | 93 |
32 The Problem of the Colonies | 96 |
33 Race Color National Origin and Language | 102 |
34 Political Opinion Property and Birth | 109 |
35 The Womens Lobby and Womens Rights | 116 |
Privacy and Different Kinds of Property | 130 |
42 Inviolability and Privacy Rights | 134 |
43 Should Personal Property Be Singled Out? | 139 |
44 Alone as well as In Association with Others | 146 |
45 A Minimum Within a Larger Framework | 152 |
The Socialist Shape of WorkRelated Rights | 157 |
51 Freedom and the Right to Work | 158 |
52 The Right to Protection Against Unemployment | 162 |
65 The Organic Unity of the Document | 232 |
Duties and Communities | 239 |
71 The Duties and Communities of Article 29 | 241 |
72 Protecting the Family Motherhood and Childhood | 252 |
73 The Rights of Religious and Educational Communities | 258 |
74 The Omission of a Special Minority Rights Article | 269 |
Article 1 the Preamble and the Enlightenment | 281 |
81 A Bargain About God and Nature | 284 |
82 Inherent inalienable and Born | 290 |
83 Reason and the Conscience of Mankind | 296 |
84 The Rights to Petition and Rebellion | 302 |
85 Human Rights as Means and Ends | 313 |
86 The Declaration and Human Rights Education | 320 |
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a Guide to Discussions of Specific Topics and Articles | 329 |
Notes | 337 |
Acknowledgments | |