Human rights / editor, Aaron Gulyas.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ipswich, MA : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2023]
Description
2 volumes (xvii, 761 pages) : illustrations (mostly color), color map, portraits ; 27 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Editor
    Series
    Defining documents in world history [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Provides a two volume set that explores the development of human rights in history and their spread around the world in the modern era.
    Notes
    Salem Press.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Target audience
    10-A.
    Contents
    • Volume 1
    • Publisher's Note
    • Editor's Introduction
    • Contributors
    • Full Table of Contents
    • Race, Ethnicity, and Colonialism
    • Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Convention
    • Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: Address to the First National Conference of Colored Women
    • The Black Man's Burden
    • Mahatma Gandhi's "Quit India" Speech
    • Freedom Charter of South Africa
    • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
    • The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
    • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    • UN Experts Urge More Action to Ensure Dignity, Equity and Justice for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers of African Descent
    • Political and Civil Rights
    • The Edicts of King Ashoka
    • Excerpt from the Cyrus Cylinder
    • Magna Carta
    • Article V of the Warsaw Convention of 1573
    • English Bill of Rights
    • Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
    • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
    • The Bill of Rights
    • National Petition from the People's Charter
    • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
    • International Efforts and the Work of the United Nations
    • Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
    • Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
    • European Convention on Human Rights
    • International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
    • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
    • Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
    • Convention on the Rights of the Child
    • Volume 2
    • Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
    • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
    • Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
    • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
    • Human Rights Concerns Related to Forced Displacement in Ukraine
    • Gender, Sexuality, and the Family
    • A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill
    • Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 (excerpts)
    • Emmeline Pankhurst: "Freedom or Death"
    • Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952
    • Griswold v. Connecticut
    • Eisenstadt v. Baird
    • Roe v. Wade
    • Indira Gandhi: "What Educated Women Can Do"
    • National Women's Conference Plan of Action
    • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
    • Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
    • Lawrence v. Texas
    • European Union: Summary of Directive on Gender Equality
    • Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act
    • Obergefell v. Hodges
    • Economic and Labor Rights
    • Evidence Provided to the Sadler Committee
    • Jane Addams: "Child Labor and Other Dangers of Childhood"
    • Equal Pay Act
    • International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
    • Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work
    • Convention on Domestic Workers
    • Appendixes
    • Chronological List
    • Web Resources
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
    ISBN
    • 9781637003961 ((set))
    • 163700396X ((set))
    • 9781637003978 ((volume 1))
    • 1637003978 ((volume 1))
    • 9781637003985 ((volume 2))
    • 1637003986 ((volume 2))
    OCLC
    1372400778
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