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The Cambridge handbook of psychology and human rights /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 627 pages) : illustrations (black and white)ISBN:
  • 9781108442817
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • GR 323.019 C14
Summary: "Two sentiments governed the post-war world: fear and hope. Fear of slipping into an unimaginable, worldwide atomic confrontation even more violent and destructive than the Second World War; and hope that, if the people of world could only acknowledge their common dignity, nations might find a way to perpetuate peace for the foreseeable future. These two feelings dominated the debates that gave birth to both the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In late April 1946, shrouded in the shadow of a horrific world war, nine delegates, selected for their individual expertise, gathered in New York at Hunter College to discuss what action the four-month old United Nations should take to advance "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms," as set forth in the UN Charter (Art. 55). It was"-- Provided by publisher
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GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS LAPULAPU-CEBU INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE GENERAL REFERENCE SECTION GR 323.019 C14 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 001937

"Two sentiments governed the post-war world: fear and hope. Fear of slipping into an unimaginable, worldwide atomic confrontation even more violent and destructive than the Second World War; and hope that, if the people of world could only acknowledge their common dignity, nations might find a way to perpetuate peace for the foreseeable future. These two feelings dominated the debates that gave birth to both the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In late April 1946, shrouded in the shadow of a horrific world war, nine delegates, selected for their individual expertise, gathered in New York at Hunter College to discuss what action the four-month old United Nations should take to advance "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms," as set forth in the UN Charter (Art. 55). It was"-- Provided by publisher

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