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Steven L. B. Jensen

Steven L. B. Jensen is a senior researcher at The Danish Institute for Human Rights. He is the author of the prize-winning book The Making of International Human Rights: The 1960s, Decolonization and the Reconstruction of Global Values. His most recent publication is Social Rights and the Politics of Obligation in History (co-edited with Charles Walton). He is currently working on a history of social and economic rights in 20th century international politics.

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The 1968 United Nations debate on human rights and tech

August 30, 2022

The 1968 United Nations debate on human rights and tech

By Steven L. B. Jensen

Moving towards a new history of social rights

Moving towards a new history of social rights

By Steven L. B. Jensen & Charles Walton

From the domestic to the international: Jamaica’s 1961 human rights policy

September 24, 2021

From the domestic to the international: Jamaica’s 1961 human rights policy

By Steven L. B. Jensen

Future’s past: in search of human rights histories

Future’s past: in search of human rights histories

By Steven L. B. Jensen

“We are jimcrowed:” Marcus Garvey and the 1920 Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World

February 3, 2021

“We are jimcrowed:” Marcus Garvey and the 1920 Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World

By Steven L. B. Jensen

Global HIV/AIDS response, shows human rights is path to success against COVID-19

Global HIV/AIDS response, shows human rights is path to success against COVID-19

By Steven L. B. Jensen

The UN Human Development Report must go farther on inequality

February 18, 2020

The UN Human Development Report must go farther on inequality

By Steven L. B. Jensen

Inequality a prominent concern for UN human rights monitors

December 4, 2019

Inequality a prominent concern for UN human rights monitors

By Steven L. B. Jensen

UN human rights mechanisms proving effective SDGs monitor

UN human rights mechanisms proving effective SDGs monitor

By Steven L. B. Jensen

Twenty-five years later, how much do national human rights institutions matter?

Twenty-five years later, how much do national human rights institutions matter?

By Steven L. B. Jensen

Putting to rest the Three Generations Theory of human rights

November 15, 2017

Putting to rest the Three Generations Theory of human rights

By Steven L. B. Jensen

The 1967 Convention on Religious Intolerance—the treaty that might have been

December 16, 2016

The 1967 Convention on Religious Intolerance—the treaty that might have been

By Steven L. B. Jensen

Decolonization—not western liberals—established human rights on the global agenda

September 29, 2016

Decolonization—not western liberals—established human rights on the global agenda

By Steven L. B. Jensen