Name: Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945
Author: Winston Langley
ISBN: 9781579581664

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Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945

Author(s): Winston Langley

Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: August 1, 1999
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 424 pages
ISBN-10: 1579581668
ISBN-13: 9781579581664

Book Description

This comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia on human rights issues from 1945 to the present includes more than 400 entries on incidents and violations, instruments and initiatives, countries, and human rights activities. Its scope is global, and its purpose is both to sum up the accomplishments in human rights in our time and also to point out and describe the violations that continue to be perpetrated around the world. Entries cover major issues; incidents and violations; concepts and terms; activists; organizations; and human rights instruments. Entries cover more than 50 countries, from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia. Entries conclude with suggestions for further readings; and a timeline of significant dates since 1945 and the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are also included.

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Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945

Author(s): Winston Langley (Author)

Publisher: Greenwood
Publication Date: June 30, 1999
Language: English
Print length: 424 pages
ISBN-10: 0313301638
ISBN-13: 9780274957347

Book Description

This outstanding, comprehensive, and up-to-date encyclopedia on human rights issues from 1945 to 1998 features more than 400 entries on incidents and violations, instruments and initiatives, countries and human rights activists. Its global scope is ideal for high school and college student research and class debate and for use with Model UN clubs. More than fifty years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, much has been accomplished on a global scale, particularly by the United Nations, to protect the rights of all people, but many human rights violations continue to be perpetrated. Langley, an internationally recognized expert on human rights, has provided the most current information on both the progress of human rights activities and the continuing incidents of human rights violations around the globe.

Entries cover major issues, incidents and violations, concepts and terms, activists, organizations, and human rights instruments. Entries on more than fifty nations from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia were selected based on the incidence of major human rights in those nations. Comprehensive cross-references in each entry make it easy to research a topic and its related entries easily. Each entry concludes with a selected list of further reading for more in-depth research. A timeline of significant dates since 1945 in the field of human rights and the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights add reference value.

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Grade 10 Up-A timely addition to reference shelves. Alphabetical entries covering the post-World War II era include pertinent documents, people, nations, organizations, and incidents, and cover such topics as "Affirmative Action," "Chechnya," and the "Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons." Within each entry, cross-references are indicated by bold print. Almost all conclude with further reading. Frequently quoting current documents that govern the international community's response to human-rights issues, the author demonstrates how the world has moved from the "moral depravity of World War II" to the prosecution of war criminals in Rwanda. "The International Bill of Human Rights" and the "Convention on the Rights of the Child" are appended. Librarians will want to purchase this work as an enhancement to Carol Devine's excellent Human Rights (Oryx, 1999), which focuses on law and practice.
Joanne K. Cecere, Highland High School, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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.,."Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945 is a handy, concise and accesible reference tool for the complex field of global promotion and protection of human rights and it constitutes a valuable addition to reference collections, in academic, public and high school libraries."-Journal of Government Information

?...Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945 is a handy, concise and accesible reference tool for the complex field of global promotion and protection of human rights and it constitutes a valuable addition to reference collections, in academic, public and high school libraries.?-Journal of Government Information

?A timely addition to reference shelves....Librarians will want to purchase this work?-School Library Journal

?Although the issues of human rights are many and complex, this encyclopedia presents such topics in a clear, straightforward, and unbiased manner.... This volume would be a useful reference for students in geography, political science, family living, and 20th-century history classes, as well as an excellent resource for debate students. This is an oustanding book.?-The Book Report

?Exceptionally useful.... Belongs in every major reference collection.?-Choice

?The articles are clearly written....and the information presented is well documented....useful for looking up short background information on people and topics often in the news today.?-VOYA

..."Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945 is a handy, concise and accesible reference tool for the complex field of global promotion and protection of human rights and it constitutes a valuable addition to reference collections, in academic, public and high school libraries."-Journal of Government Information

"A timely addition to reference shelves....Librarians will want to purchase this work"-School Library Journal

"Exceptionally useful.... Belongs in every major reference collection."-Choice

"The articles are clearly written....and the information presented is well documented....useful for looking up short background information on people and topics often in the news today."-VOYA

"Although the issues of human rights are many and complex, this encyclopedia presents such topics in a clear, straightforward, and unbiased manner.... This volume would be a useful reference for students in geography, political science, family living, and 20th-century history classes, as well as an excellent resource for debate students. This is an oustanding book."-The Book Report

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