Rubin, Neal S; Ed. <br/><br/>
The cambridge handbook of psychology and human rights 

 - United Kingdom --   Cambridge University Press --   2020 
 - xxxi, 627p. 
<br/><br/> Part I. History of human rights; <br/><br/>Part II. The intersection of psychology and human rights; <br/><br/>Part III. Contemporary issues, psychology and human rights; <br/><br/>Part IV. Teaching, research, and training in psychology and human rights; <br/><br/>Part V. Future directions. 
<br/><br/> <br/>"Two sentiments governed the post-war world: fear and hope. Fear of slipping into an unimaginable, worldwide atomic confrontation even more violent and destructive than the Second World War; and hope that, if the people of world could only acknowledge their common dignity, nations might find a way to perpetuate peace for the foreseeable future. These two feelings dominated the debates that gave birth to both the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In late April 1946, shrouded in the shadow of a horrific world war, nine delegates, selected for their individual expertise, gathered in New York at Hunter College to discuss what action the four-month old United Nations should take to advance "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms," as set forth in the UN Charter (Art. 55). It was"-- Provided by publisher 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781108442817 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social Science<br/>Political science<br/>Human rights<br/>United nations
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323 RUB/C