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• Title:Resisting rights : Canada and the International Bill of Rights, 1947-76 / Jennifer Tunnicliffe.
  
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• Author/Creator:Tunnicliffe, Jennifer.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Scholars Portal Books: Canadian University Presses 2019
  
• Published/Created:Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2019]
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  • Call Number: JC599C3
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:International and municipal law--Canada.
  Human rights--Canada--History--20th century.
  Civil rights--Canada--History--20th century.
  International law--Canada--History.
  Canada--Politics and government--20th century.
  
• Subject(s):International Bill of Human Rights.
  International Bill of Human Rights.
  Electronic books.
  POLITICAL SCIENCE
  Civil rights.
  Human rights.
  International and municipal law.
  International law.
  Politics and government.
  Canada.
  
• Genre/Form:History.
  
• Description:1 online resource
  
• Series:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
  
• Terms governing use:Access may be restricted to institutions with a site license.
  
• Summary:"From 1948 to 1966, the United Nations worked to create an international bill of rights that would provide a common standard for human rights protection around the globe. Canadians celebrate their country's central role in this endeavour every Human Rights Day. Yet a detailed study of government policies toward these early UN documents tells a different story. Resisting Rights analyzes the Canadian government's initial opposition to the development of international human rights law, exploring how and why this position changed from the 1940s to the 1970s. Jennifer Tunnicliffe takes both international and domestic developments into account to explain how shifting cultural understandings of rights influenced policy, and to underline the key role of Canadian rights activists in this process. In light of the erosion of Canada's traditional reputation as a leader in developing human rights standards at the United Nations, this is a timely study. Tunnicliffe situates current policies within their historical context to reveal that Canadian reluctance to be bound by international human rights law is not a recent trend, and asks why governments have found it important to foster the myth that Canada has been at the forefront of international human rights policy since its inception."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780774838184