Human rights activists Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi provide a broad political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations, focusing on the hopes and expectatio
Human Security And the UN: A Critical History (United Nations Intellectual History Project)
โ Scribed by S. Neil MacFarlane
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 369
- Category
- Library
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