“…Hay cosas encerradas dentro de los muros que, si salieran de pronto a la calle y gritaran, llenarían el mundo…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface / Anna Eleanor Roosevelt -- The faces of human rights : an introduction / Kasey McCall-Smith, Jan Wouters and Felipe Gómez Isa -- Bartolome de Las Casas (1485-1566) : a radical humanitarian in the age of the Great Encounter / Ignacio de la Rasilla -- John Locke (1632-1704) : the natural law philosopher / Cristina de la Cruz-Ayuso -- Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) : impressively ahead of her time : a visionary, daring activist and martyr / Teresa Pizarro Beleza & Helena Pereira de Melo -- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) : the undutiful daughter of the Enlightenment and her loud demands for justice / Dolores Morondo Taramundi -- Henry Dunant (1828-1910) : paving the way for contemporary international humanitarian law / Joana Abrisketa Uniarte -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) : advocate of duty, pioneer of human rights / George Ulrich -- Hersch Lauterpacht (1897-1960) : the visionary : preparing the world for human rights / Eva Maria Lassen -- Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959) : father of the Genocide Convention / Adam Redzik -- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) : driver of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Anya Luscombe and Barbara Oomen -- René Cassin (1887-1976) : the foot soldier of human rights / Jan Wouters -- John Peters Humphrey (1905-1995) : the man behind the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / William Schabas -- Rosa Parks (1913-2005) : tired of giving in / Kasey McCall-Smith -- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) : a visionary citizen of the American South and the world / Vivek Bhatt -- Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) : free at last / Narnia Bohler-Muller -- Ida Lessing Faith Bandler (1918-2015) : striving to make rights a reality for all human beings / Michelle Burgis-Kasthala -- Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza (1929-2017) : Mamá Angélica and the victims of enforced disappearance in Peru / Elisabeth Salmón -- Rigoberta Menchú Túm (1959- ) : daughter of corn / Felipe Gómez Isa -- Victoria Tauli-Corpuz : a life spent peacefully advocating for indigenous peoples' rights / Davinia Gómez-Sánchez -- Asma Jilani Jahangir (1952-2018) : a saviour of democracy and human rights / Mikel Mancisidor -- Sean MacBride (1904-1988) : a life on the frontlines / Dimitrios Kagiaros -- Peter Benenson (1921-2005) : pioneer of contemporary human rights activism / Stefaan Smits -- Max van der Stoel (1924-2011) : the indefatigable traveller for human rights / Antoine Buyse -- Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927-2013) : the human rights envoy of the former Yugoslavia / Roman Wieruszewski -- Jimmy Carter (1924- ) : "But ye brethren, be not weary in well doing" : a continuing faith and persistence in the cause of human rights / Michael Stohl -- Peter Leuprecht (1937- ) : human dignity as a lifetime compass / Wolfgang Benedek -- Juan E. …”

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