International Human Rights: Resources

International Human Rights Law Hopkins-Nanjing Center	DH Kaye Fall 2007
International Human Rights Law: Resources

Human rights generally

Henkin et al., Human Rights (1999)

History and philosophy

James W. Nickel, Making Sense of Human Rights (3d ed. 2007)
Brian Orend, Human Rights: Concept and Context (2002) (JC571.O773)
William A. Edmundson, An Introduction to Rights (2004) (JC571.E42)
James Nickel, Human Rights, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2003)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

International Law

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/International_law

Collected materials

Recent articles

William A. Fletcher, International Human Rights in American Courts, 93 Va. L. Rev. (2007)

Documents and Treaties

African Charter on Human and People's Rights (African Union 1981)
American Convention on Human Rights (OAS 1969)
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (OAS 1948)
Charter of the United Nations (1945)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (UN 1979)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN 1989)
Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers (UN 1990)
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Council of Europe, 1950)
European Social Charter
Genocide Convention (UN 1948)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1966)
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (UN 1966)
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (UN 1965)
Protocol of San Salvador (OAS 1988)
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (UN 1998)
Torture Convention (UN 1984)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN 1948)
Vienna Declaration (UN 1993)

Organizations (Governmental and Nongovernmental)