The Gendering of Human Rights in the International Systems of Law in the Twentieth Century

Essays on Global and Comparative History

by Jean H. Quataert

Quataert examines the historiography of human rights and shows that the human rights system of international laws and institutions developed out of a clearly defined set of historical a result from above-level legal changes responding to pressures and interventions from below-level grassroots organizations.

66 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2006

About the author

Jean Hale Quataert is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Binghamton University, State University of New York.