TY  - BOOK
ED  - Brown, Gordon
AB  - "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."
DO  - 10.11647/OBP.0091
ID  - OAPEN ID: 633777
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 946613621
KW  - nyu
KW  - universal declaration of human rights
KW  - gordon brown
KW  - global citizenship
KW  - global institute for advanced study
KW  - global citizenship commission
KW  - Economic
KW  - social and cultural rights
KW  - International community
KW  - United Nations
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/34e2e97b-59c4-41dc-85ad-fc052fb363e0/633777.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31244
PB  - Open Book Publishers
PY  - 2016
SN  - 9781783742189
TI  - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century : A Living Document in a Changing World
ER  - 
