Against the world South Africa and human rights at the United Nations 1945-1961 / Jeremy Shearar.

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Published: Pretoria : Unisa Press, ©2011.
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505 0 |a Introduction: 'What we have lost is all the more reason for cherishing what survives' -- Quod severis metes: birth of the United Nations -- South African Indians -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- International covenants on human rights issues -- United Nations surveys of human rights issues -- Evolution of human rights at the United Nations -- State sovereignty at issue -- Apartheid on the agenda -- Shadow of Sharpeville -- General relations with the United Nations -- Concluding observations -- Appendix: Selected provisions of the United Nations Charter. 
520 |a Against the World maps South Africa's journey to increasing isolation in the United Nations, from a respected member in 1945 to a pariah' in the early sixties. The book reveals how this country became the main architect of its own growing isolation, since it refused to modify domestic policies that alienated even its potential allies. Its low profile in debates and constant abstention on human rights instruments were seen as a lack of interest in global humanitarian affairs. Events unfold from 1945, when Field Marshall JC Smuts proposed the adoption of a Preamble to the United Nations Charter. Three years later, South Africa refused to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Global criticism against apartheid intensified, until in 1960 it culminated in calls from African members for economic and diplomatic sanctions. By 1961, South Africa had become isolated in the United Nations and relegated to a moral wilderness. For the modern reader of history and social affairs, the book clarifies South Africa's past and present role in the evolution of international humanitarian law. 
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