The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st century : a living document in a changing world / a report by the Global Citizenship Commission ; edited by Gordon Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon Brown

Global Citizenship Commission, author.

Contributor:

Brown, Gordon, 1951- editor.

Open Book Publishers, issuing body.

Series:

Open Reports Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

United Nations.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 130 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Other Title:

Universal declaration of human rights in the twenty-first century

Place of Publication:

Open Book Publishers

[New York] : NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study, [2016]

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU's Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result (this volume) offers a 21st-century commentary on the original document, furthering the work of human rights and illuminating the ideal of global citizenship. What does it mean for each of us to be members of a global community? Since 1948, the Declaration has stood as a beacon and a standard for a better world. Yet the work of making its ideals real is far from over. Hideous and systemic human rights abuses continue to be perpetrated at an alarming rate around the world. Too many people, particularly those in power, are hostile to human rights or indifferent to their claims. Meanwhile, our global interdependence deepens. Bringing together world leaders and thinkers in the fields of politics, ethics, and philosophy, the Commission set out to develop a common understanding of the meaning of global citizenship - one that arises from basic human rights and empowers every individual in the world. This landmark report affirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and seeks to renew the 1948 enterprise, and the very ideal of the human family, for our day and generation. Members of the Global Citizenship Commission include: K. Anthony Appiah, Laurel Bellows, Nicolas Berggruen, Paul Boghossian, Gordon Brown (Chair), Craig Calhoun, Wang Chenguang, Mohamed ElBaradei, Fonna Forman, Andrew Forrest, Ronald M. George, Asma Jahangir, John Kufuor, Graðca Machel, Catherine O'Regan, Ricken Patel, Emma Rothschild, Robert Rubin, Jonathan Sacks, Kailash Satyarthi, Klaus Schwab, Amartya Sen, John Sexton, Robert Shrum, Jeremy Waldron, Joseph Weiler, Rowan Williams, Diane C. Yu (Executive Director)"-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Glossary

Introduction by Gordon Brown

Preface by Paul Boghossian

Acknowledgements

Executive summary

Preamble

1. The long and influential life of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

2. The evolving understanding of rights

3. Limitations and derogations

4. Social and economic rights

5. Responsibility for human rights

6. Implementation of human rights

7. Human rights and a global ethic

Appendix A: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Appendix B: Members of the Commission

Appendix C: Members of the Philosophers' Committee

Appendix D: Human rights education

Appendix E: Human rights implementation

Notes:

This work is made available Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9782821881679

2821881673

9781783742202

1783742208

9781783742219

1783742216

OCLC:

946613621

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access