Book Review: Towards Global Human Rights

DOI10.1177/092405199601400233
Published date01 June 1996
Date01 June 1996
Subject MatterBook Review
Documentation
Towards global human rights. -Morales, Patricia (ed.). - International Centre for Human
and Public Affairs. - Tilburg: ICHP A, 1996. - 192 p.
ISBN: 90-802139-3-4
This book offers a collection of short essays representing significant views on the
possibility and necessity of achieving universal human rights. The basic aim
of
the book
is to improve understanding of human rights for the world community through
multicultural perspectives. The first part focuses on the concept
of
human rights, the
significance
of
the World Conference on Human Rights and proposals
of
human rights for
the United Nations. The second part examines the condition of global human rights in the
world community through relevant cases and studies in the fields
of
the political evolution,
religions, world cooperation and women's human rights.
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jaar
privacybescherming in Frankrijk =Fifteen years privacyprotection in France
[t]. -Oostra-Boeuf, C.R.M.J. - Assen: Van Gorcum, 1996. - xviii, 190 p.
ISBN: 90 232 3087 6
Oorlog in Turkije :militaire aspecten, de Koerdische kwestie en de dienstweigerbeweging
=War in
Turkey:
military aspects, the Kurdish issue
and
the conscientious objection
movement
[t]. -Jongerden,
Joost;
Oudshoorn, Rene (eds.). - Stop de Oorlog in Turkije.
- Amsterdam: SOT, 1995. - 65 p.
ISBN: 90-802922-1-4
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