Demonstrates how activists worked together during the post-war decades to transform public attitudes towards violations of human rights.

In this definitive new account of the emergence of human rights activism in post-war Britain, Tom Buchanan shows how disparate individuals, organisations and ca

Although the evolution of human rights diplomacy during the second half of the 20th century has been the subject of a wealth of scholarship in recent years, Bri

The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) was formed in the 1930s against a backdrop of fascism and 'popular front' movements. In this volatile political

The lethality of conflicts between insurgent groups and counter-insurgent security forces has risen markedly since the Second World War just as those of convent