The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st century, a living document in a changing world / a report by the Global Citizenship Commission ; edited by Gordon Brown.

"The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU's Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result - this vol...

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Online Access: Full Text (via JSTOR)
Corporate Authors: Global Citizenship Commission (Author), Open Book Publishers
Other Authors: Brown, Gordon, 1951- (Editor)
Other title:Universal declaration of human rights in the twenty-first century.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : [New York] : Open Book Publishers ; NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study, [2016]
©2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Gordon Brown
  • Preface / by Paul Boghossian
  • The long and influential life of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • The evolving understanding of rights
  • Limitations and derogations
  • Social and economic rights
  • Responsibility for human rights
  • Implementation of human rights
  • Human rights and a global ethic
  • Appendix A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Appendix B. Members of the Commission
  • Appendix C. Members of the Philosophers' Committee.