Chapter 1. Raising the Bar, 1900–1949

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction. The New Moral Order: Between Human Dignity and Territorial Sovereignty 1
6. Chapter 1. Raising the Bar, 1900–1949 19
7. Part I. An Emerging Human Rights Orthodoxy: The First Round
8. Introduction 61
9. Chapter 2. Cold War Politics and Human Rights Publics: The International Antiapartheid and Soviet Dissident Movements, 1952–90 69
10. Chapter 3. Mothers’ Courage and U.N. Monitoring of Disappearance, 1973–83 109
11. Part II. The Debate Continues: Critics and New Mechanisms
12. Introduction 141
13. Chapter 4. The Gender Factor since the 1970s: Universality and the Private Sphere 149
14. Chapter 5. Citizenship, Socioeconomic Rights, and the Courts in the Age of Transnational Migrations 182
15. Part III. Human Rights at a Crossroads: Wars, Crimes, and Priorities
16. Introduction 221
17. Chapter 6. Ethnic Violence, Humanitarian Intervention, and Criminal Accountability in the 1990s 229
18. Chapter 7. September 2001 and History 262
19. Conclusion. Making a Difference 294
20. Notes 307
21. Index 341