Decolonization, Self-Determination, and the Rise of Global Human Rights Politics (Human Rights in History)

"This volume presents the first global history of human rights politics in the age of decolonization. The conflict between independence movements and colonial powers shaped the global human rights order that emerged after the Second World War. It was also critical to the genesis of contemporary human rights organizations and humanitarian movements. Anti-colonial forces mobilized human rights and other rights language in their campaigns for self-determination. In response, European empires harnessed the new international politics of human rights for their own ends, claiming that their rule, with its promise of 'development,' was the authentic vehicle for realizing them. Ranging from the postwar partitions and the wars of independence to Indigenous rights activism and post-colonial memory, this volume offers new insights into the history and legacies of human rights, self-determination, and empire to the present day."-- Provided by publisher Introduction: Human rights, empire, and after / Roland Burke, Marco Duranti, and A. Dirk Moses -- Seeking the political kingdom : universal human rights and the anti-colonial movement in Africa / Bonny Ibhawoh -- Decolonizing the United Nations : anti-colonialism and human rights in the French Empire / Marco Duranti -- The French Red Cross, decolonization, and humanitarianism during the Algerian War / Jennifer Johnson -- Connecting indigenous rights to human rights in the Anglo settler states : another 1970s story / Miranda Johnson -- Privileging the Cold War over decolonization : the US emphasis on political rights / Mary Ann Heiss -- Cutting out the ulcer and washing away the incubus of the past : genocide prevention through population transfer / A. Dirk Moses -- Codifying minority rights : postcolonial constitutionalism in Burma, Ceylon, and India / Cindy Ewing -- Between ambitions and caution : India, human rights and self-determination at the United Nations / Raphaëlle Khan -- "From this era of passionate self-discovery" : Norman Manley, human rights, and the end of colonial rule in Jamacia / Steven L.B. Jensen -- Re-entering histories of past imperial violence : Kenya, Indonesia, and the reach of transitional justice / Michael Humphrey -- The inventors of human rights in Africa : Portugal, late colonialism, and the UN human rights regime / Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and José Pedro Monteiro -- "A world made safe for diversity" : apartheid and the language of human rights, progress, and pluralism / Roland Burke -- Between humanitarian rights and human rights : René Cassin, architect of universality, diplomat of French Empire / Jay Winter -- The end of the Vietnam War and the rise of human rights / Barbara Keys -- Decolonizing the Geneva Conventions : national liberation and the development of humanitarian law / Eleanor Davey -- Liberté sans Frontières, French humanitarianism, and the neoliberal critique of Third Worldism / Jessica Whyte Contents Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Human Rights, Empire, and After Part I: Anti-colonial Struggles and the Right to Self-Determination 1 Seeking the Political Kingdom: Universal Human Rights and the Anti-colonial Movement in Africa 2 Decolonizing the United Nations: Anti-colonialism and Human Rights in the French Empire 3 The Limits of Humanitarianism: Decolonization, the French Red Cross, and the Algerian War 4 Connecting Indigenous Rights to Human Rights in the Anglo Settler States: Another 1970s Story 5 Privileging the Cold War over Decolonization: The US Emphasis on Political Rights Part II: Postcolonial Statehood and Global Human Rights Norms 6 Cutting Out the Ulcer and Washing Away the Incubus of the Past: Genocide Prevention through Population Transfer 7 Codifying Minority Rights: Postcolonial Constitutionalism in Burma, Ceylon, and India 8 Between Ambitions and Caution: India, Human Rights, and Self-Determination at the United Nations 9 “ From This Era of Passionate Self-Discovery” : Norman Manley, Human Rights, and the End of Colonial Rule in Jamaica 10 Reentering Histories of Past Imperial Violence: Kenya, Indonesia, and the Reach of Transitional Justice Part III: Colonial and Neocolonial Responses 11 The Inventors of Human Rights in Africa: Portugal, Late Colonialism, and the UN Human Rights Regime 12 “A World Made Safe for Diversity”: Apartheid and the Language of Human Rights, Progress, and Pluralism 13 Between Humanitarian Rights and Human Rights: René Cassin, Architect of Universality, Diplomat of French Empire 14 The End of the Vietnam War and the Rise of Human Rights 15 Decolonizing the Geneva Conventions: National Liberation and the Development of Humanitarian Law 16 Liberté sans Frontières, French Humanitarianism, and the Neoliberal Critique of Third Worldism Index "This series showcases new scholarship exploring the backgrounds of human rights today. With an open-ended chronology and international perspective, the series seeks works attentive to the surprises and contingencies in the historical origins and legacies of human rights ideals and interventions. Books in the series will focus not only on the intellectual antecedents and foundations of human rights, but also on the incorporation of the concept by movements, nation-states, international governance, and transnational law"-- Provided by publisher Leading scholars demonstrate how colonial subjects, national liberation movements, and empires mobilized human rights language to contest self-determination during decolonization.