The evolution of international human rights : visions seen /
Paul Gordon Lauren.
- xiii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights .
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Visions and Visionaries -- My Brother's and Sister's Keeper: Vision and the Birth of Human Rights -- To Protect Humanity and Defend Justice: Early International Efforts -- Entering the Twentieth Century: World Visions, War, and Revolutions -- Opportunities and Challenges: Visions and Rights Between the Wars -- A "People's War": The Crusade of World War II -- A "People's Peace": Peace and a Charter with Human Rights -- Proclaiming a Vision: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Transforming Visions into Reality: The First Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration -- The Continuing Evolution -- Toward the Future -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.