Taking a stand against human rights abuses / by Michael Kronenwetter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : F. Watts, 1990.Description: 157 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0531109216
  • 9780531109212
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 323 20
LOC classification:
  • JC571 .K725 1990
Contents:
Why should you care about human rights? -- Defining human rights: the great documents -- Why governments abuse human rights -- People taking a stand -- Things you can do to fight human rights abuses -- How to join a human rights organization -- "Making the world a little less oppressive, a little less hurtful" -- The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights -- Tips on writing letters to foreign governments -- Tips on writing a letter to the editor -- Tips on writing letters to elected officials -- Some leading human rights organizations.
Summary: Discusses governments that abuse human rights and suggests what one can do to voice opposition to these oppressive regimes.
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Discusses governments that abuse human rights and suggests what one can do to voice opposition to these oppressive regimes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152).

Why should you care about human rights? -- Defining human rights: the great documents -- Why governments abuse human rights -- People taking a stand -- Things you can do to fight human rights abuses -- How to join a human rights organization -- "Making the world a little less oppressive, a little less hurtful" -- The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights -- Tips on writing letters to foreign governments -- Tips on writing a letter to the editor -- Tips on writing letters to elected officials -- Some leading human rights organizations.

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