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A World Information Campaign for the Protection of Human Rights

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van Boven understood the relationship between awareness of human rights and protection. He therefore sought to equip the UN Department of Information in the field of human rights and launched a world campaign on human rights information.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    van Boven (1982), pp. 63–64.

  2. 2.

    van Boven (1982), pp. 165–166.

  3. 3.

    Division of Human Rights (1980).

  4. 4.

    E/CN.4/1997, 20 January, 1997.

  5. 5.

    Ibid., para. 4.

  6. 6.

    Ibid., para. 8.

  7. 7.

    van Boven (1982), p. 151.

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  • Division of Human Rights (1980) Draft resolution on public information activities in the field of human rights. In the possession of the author.

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  • United Nations (1997), E/CN.4/1997, 20 January, 1997.

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  • van Boven, TC (1982) People Matter. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 1982. (Edited by Hans Thoolen)

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Ramcharan, B. (2018). A World Information Campaign for the Protection of Human Rights. In: The Advent of Universal Protection of Human Rights. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02221-1_11

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