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The mobilization of shame : a world view of human rights / Robert F. Drinan.

by Drinan, Robert F.

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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.

0300088256 (cloth : alk. paper) :

xiii, 240 p. ; 22 cm.

The U.N. Charter: a blow to national sovereignty -- The U.N. Commission on Human Rights -- Economic equality for all -- The United Nations and political and civil rights -- Women's worldwide plea for equality -- A global revolution for children -- Performance of the United Nations on human rights -- The United States intervenes on behalf of international human rights -- The United States walks out on the International Criminal Court -- Grading the State Department's reports on human rights -- The United States puts the world's torturers on trial -- Regional tribunals for human rights -- The right to food -- Does the death penalty violate customary international law? -- The human rights of prisoners -- Human rights depend on an independent judiciary -- Is freedom of religion the most fundamental of all human rights? -- Do amnesty and reconciliation bring justice? -- Contemporary developments in human rights -- The future of international human rights -- Appendix: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights, 25 June 1993.

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