PART I : The Concept of Human Rights
1. International human rights in an historical perspective = 3
Thomas Buergentha
2. The philosophical foundations of human rights = 31
Jerome J. Shestack
PART II : Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
3. Civil and political rights = 69
Manfred Nowak
4. Economic and social rights = 109
Asbjørn Eide
5. Cultural rights = 175
Janusz Symonides
PART III : Human Rights of Vulnerable Persons and Groups
6. Women‘s rights = 231
Katarina Tømasevski
7. The Rights of the child = 259
Yuri Kølosov
8. The rights of persons belonging to minorities = 277
Hurst Hannum
9. Protection of the world‘s indigenous peoples and human rights = 301
Erica-Irene A. Daes
10.Migrant workers’ rights = 327
Faruk Sen and Sedef Køray
PART IV : Humanitarian Law
11.Humanitarian law and human rights = 345
Hector Gros Espiell
Index = 361
1. International human rights in an historical perspective = 3
Thomas Buergentha
2. The philosophical foundations of human rights = 31
Jerome J. Shestack
PART II : Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
3. Civil and political rights = 69
Manfred Nowak
4. Economic and social rights = 109
Asbjørn Eide
5. Cultural rights = 175
Janusz Symonides
PART III : Human Rights of Vulnerable Persons and Groups
6. Women‘s rights = 231
Katarina Tømasevski
7. The Rights of the child = 259
Yuri Kølosov
8. The rights of persons belonging to minorities = 277
Hurst Hannum
9. Protection of the world‘s indigenous peoples and human rights = 301
Erica-Irene A. Daes
10.Migrant workers’ rights = 327
Faruk Sen and Sedef Køray
PART IV : Humanitarian Law
11.Humanitarian law and human rights = 345
Hector Gros Espiell
Index = 361