Human Rights: Universality in Practice - Hardcover

Baehr, Peter R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312221800 ISBN 13: 9780312221805

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

A political scientist, Baehr (human rights, Utrecht U. and Leiden U.) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by investigating the extent to which human rights are universal in general, with details about a number of specific places. He emphasizes the political aspects without neglecting their legal nature. The treatise is translated from the Dutch Rechten van de mens , published in Amsterdam. Most of the text is new, but nearly half is revised from parts of his The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy published in a second edition in 1996. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

PETER R. BAEHR is Emeritus Professor of Human Rights, Utrecht University. He has served as staff director and later member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. He serves in an advisory position on human rights to the Dutch Government. He is co-publisher of The United Nations at the End of the 1990.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312221800
• ISBN 13: 9780312221805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 178