Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1999 Born of a shared
revulsion against the horrors of the Holocaust, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
has become the single most important statement of international ethics. It was inspired by
and reflects the full scope of President Franklin Roosevelt's famous four freedoms:" the
freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the
freedom from fear." Written by a UN commission led by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted in …

(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which
did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was
committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the
time the penal offence was committed.

The Declaration is a statement of principles approved as a common standard of
achievement for all peoples and all nations. It is not a treaty and therefore imposes no legal
obligations. It is, however, a challenge to all mankind to promote world-wide respect for
human rights and fundamental freedoms. An International Covenant on Human Rights is
now being developed in the United Nations. This will be a treaty and will deal with certain of
the basic civil and political rights embodied in the Declaration. The United Nations …

This fully revised and extended edition of James Nickel's classic study explains and defends
the contemporary conception of human rights. Combining philosophical, legal and political
approaches, Nickel explains international human rights law and addresses questions of
justification and feasibility. New, revised edition of James Nickel's classic study. Explains
and defends the conception of human rights found in the" Universal Declaration of Human
Rights"(1948) and subsequent treaties in a clear and lively style. Covers fundamental …