Introduction: Resisting Rights

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Introduction: Resisting Rights 3
5. The Roots of Resistance: Canada and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 17
6. Canada’s Opposition to a Covenant on Human Rights 59
7. A Reversal in Policy: The Decision to Support the Covenants 97
8. The Road to Ratification, 1966–76 139
9. Conclusion: The Making of the Myth 177
10. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 189
11. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 196
12. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 219
13. Notes 233
14. Bibliography 287
15. Index 306