Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-262) and index.
Indivisible, interdependent, and interrelated human rights -- Antecedents of the Universal Declaration -- International guarantees and state responsibility before the Universal Declaration -- From declaration to covenant -- Including economic, social, and cultural rights -- Division of the covenant -- Indivisibility as postcolonial revisionism: 1952-1968 -- Indivisibility as economic justice: 1968-1986 -- Indivisibility as restoration: 1986-2009 -- Indivisible human rights: past and future -- Appendix: Covenants on human rights: drafting procedures and timeline.