Giving Meaning to Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

by Isfahan Merali

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, arguably the founding document of the human rights movement, fully embraces economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as civil and political rights, within its text. However, for most of the fifty years since the Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, the focus of the international community has been on civil and political rights. This focus has slowly shifted over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812236017
• ISBN13: 9780812236019
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"