Overview
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was drafted by the UN Commission on Human Rights in the aftermath of the World War II in an attempt to address the wrongs of the past and plan for a better future for all. With contributions from President Jimmy Carter, UNESCO Secretary General Audrey Azoulay and the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, this collection of essays, Contemporary Human Rights Challenges: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Continuing Relevance, by leading international experts offers a timely contemporary view on the UDHR and its continuing relevance to today’s issues. Reflecting the structure of the UDHR, the chapters, written by 28 academics, practitioners and activists, bring a contemporary perspective to the original principles proclaimed in the Declaration’s 30 Articles. It will be a stimulating accessible read, with real world examples, for anyone involved in thinking about, designing or applying public policy, particularly government officials, politicians, lawyers, journalists and academics and those engaged in promoting social justice. Examined through these universal principles, which have enduring relevance, the authors grapple with some of today’s most pressing challenges, some of which, for example equality and gender related rights, would not have been foreseen by the original drafters of the Declaration, who included Eleanor Roosevelt, René Cassin and John Humphrey. The essays cover a wide range of topics such as an individual’s right to privacy in a digital age, freedom to practise one’s religion and the right to redress, and make a compelling and detailed argument for the on-going importance and significance of the Declaration and human rights in our rapidly changing world.
Full Product Details
Author: Carla Ferstman (REDRESS, UK) ,
Tony Gray ,
Tony Gray ,
Liz Ison
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.381kg
ISBN: 9780367481506
ISBN 10: 0367481502
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 14 January 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Dr Carla Ferstman, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Essex, UK. Rev Alexander Goldberg, barrister and human rights activist, Jewish Chaplain to the University of Surrey. Dr Tony Gray, Director of Words by Design, Oxford, UK. Dr Liz Ison (daughter of the late Clemens Nathan), UK. Richard Nathan (son of the late Clemens Nathan), Director, Bosquet Capital, London, UK. Michael Newman, Chief Executive, The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), London, UK.
