Books in the In Association with UNESCO series

Presenting reflections on the historical perspectives and philosophical foundations of human rights, this book provides a detailed analysis of civil and political rights, as well as the rights of persons belonging to such vulnerable groups as women, children and minorities, indigenous people, refugees, displaced persons and migrant workers.

War is the enemy of man, and, of the best art and cultural objects and monuments that man has made. This is a commentary on the codification of the protection of our cultural heritage that fell, after 1945, to the responsibility of UNESCO, and which became the Hague Convention in 1954.