<description>&lt;p&gt;The ideals behind the concept of human rights — such as the sacredness of life, reciprocity, justice and fairness — have millennia-old histories. After the carnage of the Second World War and the Holocaust, these ideas took a new legal form. In his second Massey Lecture, Alex Neve considers six dizzying years that laid out a blueprint for a new world. &lt;em&gt;Visit &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="cbc.ca/masseys" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;cbc.ca/masseys&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; for more on the series. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The ideals behind the concept of human rights — such as the sacredness of life, reciprocity, justice and fairness — have millennia-old histories. After the carnage of the Second World War and the Holocaust, these ideas took a new legal form. In his second Massey Lecture, Alex Neve considers six dizzying years that laid out a blueprint for a new world. Visit <a href="cbc.ca/masseys" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cbc.ca/masseys</a> for more on the series.

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Massey Lecture Part 2 | The six years that remade human rights

Massey Lecture Part 2 | The six years that remade human rights

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