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Fifty years after the declaration : the United Nations' record on human rights / edited by Teresa Wagner, Leslie Carbone.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of Human Rights--History.
- United Nations.
- United Nations. General Assembly.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly).
- Human rights--History.
- Human rights.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 162 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America ; Washington, D.C. : Family Research Council, [2001]
- Summary:
- Fifty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In recent years however, the resolve of the UN to abide by the Universal Declaration has waned. The commitment to protecting human rights as a means for world stability and peace is at stake as groups of lobbyists seek to redefine traditional human rights. The editors of this book from the Family Research Council (FRC) have gathered a collection of essays from scholars, physicians, politicians, and human rights activists from all over the world. Each paper offers reflections on the UN's past performance, as well as ideas for its future role in human rights protection. The book concludes with reflections by Alan Keyes, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He argues that the UN cannot effectively represent principles of decency and right when it is itself composed of nations that do not observe decency and right.
- Contents:
- A First Step / Teresa Wagner v
- The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights vii
- Introduction: Fifty Years of the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights / Habib Malik xv
- Chapter 1 Religious Freedom and the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Paul Marshall 1
- Chapter 2 The Paramount Human Right: The Right to Life / David Alton 11
- Chapter 3 Euthanasia and the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Karel Gunning 17
- Chapter 4 The Right to Health According to WHO / Isabel Bilmore 25
- Chapter 5 Is Cloning Compatible with Human Rights And Human Dignity? / Henk Jochemsen 33
- Chapter 6 The Role of the United Nations in International Drug Control / Irving G. Tragen 45
- Chapter 7 Drug Legalization and the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Franziska Haller 59
- Chapter 8 China's Laogai: A Gross Human Rights Violation / Harry Wu 67
- Chapter 9 Parental Rights are Fundamental Human Rights / Elisabeth Gusdek-Petersen 73
- Chapter 10 The Wrongs of the United Nations' Rights of the Child / Charles Francis 81
- Chapter 11 Publicly Funded Schools: The United Nations' Captive Audience / Nick Seaton 89
- Chapter 12 The International Criminal Court, Human Rights and the Family / Richard Wilkins, Kathryn Balmforth 99
- Chapter 13 Human Rights and the Gender Perspective / Dale O'Leary 109
- Chapter 14 Homosexuality is Not a Universal Human Right / Tom McFeely 117
- Chapter 15 Population Control Efforts: A Gross Abuse of Human Rights / David Morrison 125
- Chapter 16 The United Nations, Feminism and Day Care / Babette Francis 133
- Chapter 17 Human Rights and U.S. Military Interventions / Karl Farris 145
- Chapter 18 Reflections of an Ambassador / Alan Keyes 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0761818421
- 0761818413
- OCLC:
- 44905152
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