Schmale / Treiblmayr Human Rights Leagues in Europe (1898-2016)

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-515-11634-3
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 98, 323 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Historische Mitteilungen - Beihefte.

When the French Ligue des droits de l’homme was founded in 1898, it was the world’s first league for human rights. Over the following decades, human rights leagues were formed in many other countries following its example, and from 1922, they advocated for a universal human rights ideal under the auspices of a shared umbrella organization. The majority of these leagues were forced to interrupt their activities at some point, especially during the National Socialist period. After World War II, many leagues experienced a renaissance. Not least through their cooperation with the United Nations, they significantly contributed to the global acceptance of the very idea of human rights in the second half of the 20th century. The contributors in this volume break new ground: they provide a so-far lacking overview of international research on human rights leagues, synthesizing it and identifying research desiderata. Some of the presented civil society associations, like those in Eastern Europe, have never before been subject to scholarly consideration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmale, Wolfgang

Treiblmayr, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of contents;6
2;Acknowledgements;8
3;Barbara Helige:Foreword by the President of the Austrian League for Human Rights;10
4;Florence Bellivier:Foreword by the Deputy Secretary General of the Fédération internationaledes ligues des droits de l’homme (FIDH). The Death Penalty as an Area ofActivity of the FIDH and the Leagues for Human Rights;12
5;Wolfgang Schmale / Christopher Treiblmayr:The History of Human Rights Leagues. An Introduction;16
6;Appendix: Human Rights Leagues in the Interwar Period;25
7;Contributions;34
7.1;William D. Irvine:War, Peace and Human Rights. The Dilemma of theLigue des droits de l’homme;36
7.2;Gilles Manceron:The French Ligue des droits de l’homme’s Interest in International Issuesfrom 1898 to the 1980s. Founding and Supporting theFédération internationale des droits de l’homme;46
7.3;Emmanuel Naquet: The LDH and the Bund Neues Vaterland. The Convergence of Two Human Rights Associations, 1914 to 1939;80
7.4;Lora Wildenthal:The Reincarnations of the German League for Human Rightsin Occupied and West Germany;96
7.5;Paul Aubert:The Spanish League of Human Rights;124
7.6;Michalis Moraitidis:The History and the Interventions of theHellenic League for Human Rights (1918–2016);140
7.7;Izabela Mrzyg?ód:The League for the Defence of Human and Civil Rightsin Interwar Poland (1921–1937);158
7.8;Eric Vial:The Lega italiana dei diritti dell’uomo (Italian Human Rights League);174
7.9;Stilyan Deyanov:The Romanian League for Human Rights – a “Child of the Comintern”?(and possible comparison with the Bulgarian League);196
7.10;Christopher Treiblmayr:The Austrian League for Human Rightsand its International Relations (1926–1938);224
7.11;Osman ??çi:The History of 20th-century Human Rights Movements in Turkey;258
8;Forum;282
8.1;David Morelli:The Belgian League for Human Rights.A First Outline for Future Research;284
8.2;Paul Fonck:The Luxembourgish League for Human Rights;294
8.3;Doris Leuenberger / Patrick Herzig:A Brief History of the Swiss League for Human Rights;304
9;Contributors;312
10;Index of Names;316

Über Autor(innen)

Schmale, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Schmale war Professor für Geschichte der Neuzeit an der Universität Wien. Er ist Mitglied der Academia Europaea, der European Academy of Sciences and Arts und des wissenschaftlichen Beirats des Hauses der Europäischen Geschichte. Zu seinen Forschungsgebieten zählen die Geschichte der Menschenrechte und der Demokratie, Europa und die Europäische Union, die Aufklärung und deren Erbe sowie das Digitalzeitalter.

Treiblmayr, Christopher
Christopher Treiblmayr is a lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Vienna and a member of research staff at QWIEN – Center for gay/lesbian culture and history. His fields of research and teaching include gender studies, the history of National Socialism, human rights and civil society.