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Human rights in a changing world

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Part I. A Decalogue for Five Billion Persons: 1. The Emergence of Human Rights onto the World Stage. 2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 40 Years On. 3. Are Human Rights Truly Universal? Part II. The Great Outrages Againt Humanity: 4. How Does the International Community React to Genocide? 5. The Savage States - Torture in the 1980's. 6. Descent into Hell - Notes on Apartheid. 7. The Forced Disappearance in Argentina - Barbarism and After. 8. A Contribution by the West to the Struggle Against Hunger. Part III. Human Rights Today: 9. The Present Value of Human Rights. 10. The Impact of Human Rights on the International Community. 11. What Should We Do? Appendices: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). The Main International Organizations Active in the Field of Human Rights - A Practical Guide.

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Part I. A Decalogue for Five Billion Persons: 1. The Emergence of Human Rights onto the World Stage. 2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 40 Years On. 3. Are Human Rights Truly Universal? Part II. The Great Outrages Againt Humanity: 4. How Does the International Community React to Genocide? 5. The Savage States - Torture in the 1980's. 6. Descent into Hell - Notes on Apartheid. 7. The Forced Disappearance in Argentina - Barbarism and After. 8. A Contribution by the West to the Struggle Against Hunger. Part III. Human Rights Today: 9. The Present Value of Human Rights. 10. The Impact of Human Rights on the International Community. 11. What Should We Do? Appendices: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). The Main International Organizations Active in the Field of Human Rights - A Practical Guide.

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Part I. A Decalogue for Five Billion Persons: 1. The Emergence of Human Rights onto the World Stage. 2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 40 Years On. 3. Are Human Rights Truly Universal? Part II. The Great Outrages Againt Humanity: 4. How Does the International Community React to Genocide? 5. The Savage States - Torture in the 1980's. 6. Descent into Hell - Notes on Apartheid. 7. The Forced Disappearance in Argentina - Barbarism and After. 8. A Contribution by the West to the Struggle Against Hunger. Part III. Human Rights Today: 9. The Present Value of Human Rights. 10. The Impact of Human Rights on the International Community. 11. What Should We Do? Appendices: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). The Main International Organizations Active in the Field of Human Rights - A Practical Guide.

Key concepts: Human rights, Declaration, Torture, Humanity, International community, International human rights law, Crimes against humanity, Law

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