Human rights

Some works on human rights cataloged before 1987 may be found under Civil rights.

Here are entered works on the rights of persons regardless of their legal, socioeconomic or cultural status and as recognized by the international community. Works on citizens' rights as established by law and protected by constitution are entered under Civil rights.

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• Human rights -- Afghanistan
• Human rights -- Africa
• Human rights -- Africa, North
• Human rights -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Human rights -- Algeria
• Human rights -- Angola
• Human rights -- Asia
• Human rights -- Australia
• Human rights -- Bibliography
• Human rights -- Bosnia and Hercegovina
• Human rights -- Brazil
• Human rights -- Burma
• Human rights -- Burundi
• Human rights -- Cameroon
• Human rights -- Canada
• Human rights -- Case studies
• Human rights -- Central America
• Human rights -- Chile
• Human rights -- China
• Human rights -- Colombia
• Human rights -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Human rights -- Congresses
• Human rights -- Cross-cultural studies
• Human rights -- Cuba
• Human rights -- Data processing
• Human rights -- Developing countries
• Human rights -- Egypt
• Human rights -- Europe
• Human rights -- Europe, Eastern
• Human rights -- France
• Human rights -- Georgia (Republic)
• Human rights -- Germany
• Human rights -- Government policy
• Human rights -- Great Britain
• Human rights -- Guatemala
• Human rights -- Health aspects
• Human rights -- History
• Human rights -- India
• Human rights -- Indonesia
• Human rights -- International cooperation
• Human rights -- Iraq
• Human rights -- Israel
• Human rights -- Japan
• Human rights -- Jordan
• Human rights -- Kenya
• Human rights -- Latin America
• Human rights -- Lebanon
• Human rights -- Liberia
• Human rights -- Libya.
• Human rights -- Mexico
• Human rights -- Middle East
• Human rights -- Montana
• Human rights -- Morocco
• Human rights -- Nigeria
• Human rights -- Northern Ireland
• Human rights -- Pakistan
• Human rights -- Palestine
• Human rights -- Periodicals
• Human rights -- Religious aspects
• Human rights -- Romania
• Human rights -- Russia (Federation)
• Human rights -- Rwanda
• Human rights -- Senegal
• Human rights -- Serbia
• Human rights -- Serbia and Montenegro
• Human rights -- South Africa
• Human rights -- South Asia
• Human rights -- Statistics
• Human rights -- Study and teaching
• Human rights -- Syria
• Human rights -- Thailand
• Human rights -- Tunisia
• Human rights -- Uganda
• Human rights -- United Arab Emirates
• Human rights -- United States
• Human rights -- Uzbekistan
• Human rights -- Venezuela
• Children's rights
• Civil rights
• Right to labor
• Right to life
• Slavery -- Law and legislation
• Women's rights

• Basic rights
• Human rights -- Law and legislation
• Civil rights (International law)
• Rights, Human
• Rights of man

• Business and Human Rights in a Time of Change (1999), by Christopher L. Avery (HTML at business-humanrights.org)
• Child Health and Human Rights, by James P. Grant (page images at NAP)
• Common Rights and Expectations: Primary International Treaties Protecting The Rights Of All People, by United Nations, ed. by John Bart Gerald (HTML at nightslantern.ca)
• Defending Civil Society: A Report of the World Movement for Democracy (2008), by World Movement for Democracy, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, and National Endowment for Democracy (U.S.) (PDF at wmd.org)
• The Globalization of Human Rights (Tokyo and New York: United Nations University Press, c2003), ed. by Jean-Marc Coicaud, Michael W. Doyle, and Anne-Marie Gardner (page images at Google)
• Human Rights and Elections (professional training series #2; 1994), by United Nations Centre for Human Rights
  • in English: PDF at ohchr.org
  • in Arabic: PDF at ohchr.org
  • in Russian: PDF at ohchr.org
• Human Rights and Pre-Trial Detention: A Handbook of International Standards Relating to Pre-Trial Detention (professional training series #3; 1994), by United Nations Centre for Human Rights and United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch (PDF at ohchr.org)
• Human Rights and Social Work (professional training series #1; 1994), by United Nations Centre for Human Rights
  • in English: PDF at ohchr.org
  • in Russian: PDF at
• Human Rights, Solidarity and Subsidiarity: Essays Toward a Social Ontology, by Carlos Eduardo Maldonado (HTML at crvp.org)
• Human Security for All: A Tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2004), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, November 21, 1991 (Washington: GPO, 1992), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2004), by United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (PDF at ohchr.org)
• Manual on Human Rights Reporting, Under Six Major International Human Rights Instruments (revised edition; c1997), by United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and United Nations Staff College Project (PDF at ohchr.org)
• National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities (professional training series #4, revision 1, 2010), by United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • in English: PDF at ohchr.org
  • in Arabic: PDF at ohchr.org
• The Right to Water (Geneva: World Health Organization, c2003), by Lindsay Knight, ed. by Gregory Hartl
  • PDF files at worldwatercouncil.org
  • page images at Google
• The Right to Water: From Concept to Implementation (c2006), by World Water Council (PDF at worldwatercouncil.org)
• Undermining Democracy: 21st Century Authoritarians, by Freedom House (U.S.), RFE/RL, and Radio Free Asia (PDF with commentary at freedomhouse.org)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by United Nations
  • in English: HTML at un.org
  • in over 300 languages: HTML and PDF at ohchr.org
• A World Charter for Human Rights (ca.1948), by American Jewish Committee (PDF at ajcarchives.org)

• Detained and Denied in Afghanistan: How to Make U.S. Detention Comply With the Law (New York: Human Rights First, c2011), by Daphne Eviatar (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)
• The Future of Afghanistan (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2009), ed. by J. Alexander Thier (PDF with commentary at usip.org)

• In Search of Safety: The Forcible Displaced and Human Rights in Africa (1997), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)

• False Freedom: Online Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa (New York: Human Rights Watch, c2005), by Elijah Zarwan (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)

• Algeria: Civilian Population Caught in a Spiral of Violence (1997), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)
• Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995), by Susan E. Waltz (HTML at UC Press)

• Still Not Fully Protected: Rights to Freedom of Expression and Information under Angola's New Press Law (2006), by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML with commentary at hrw.org)

• Human Rights Education Resourcebook (second edition, 2000), ed. by Frank Elbers (HTML at hrea.org)

• Bosnia-Herzgovina: How Can They Sleep at Night? Arrest Now! (1997), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)
• Final Report of the Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 to Investigate Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Former Yugoslavia (5 volumes; 1995), by United Nations Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 (PDF files at DePaul)

• Behind Bars in Brazil, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)

• Dictatorship, Disorder and Decline in Myanmar, ed. by Monique Skidmore and Trevor Wilson (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Burundi, Forced Relocation: New Patterns of Human Rights Abuses, by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)

• Cameroon: Blatant Disregard for Human Rights (1997), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)

• Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China: Chinese and Canadian Perspectives (c2009), ed. by Errol Mendes and Sakunthala Srighanthan (PDF with commentary at Ottawa)

• Evictions and the Right to Housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, and South Korea, ed. by Antonio Azuela, Emilio Duhau, and Enrique Ortiz (HTML at idrc.ca)
• National Insecurity and Human Rights: Democracies Debate Counterterrorism (c2007), ed. by Alison Brysk and Gershon Shafir (PDF with commentary at CDL)

• Scientists and Human Rights in Chile: Report of a Delegation (1985), by National Academy of Sciences Committee on Human Rights (page images at NAP)

• Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China: Chinese and Canadian Perspectives (c2009), ed. by Errol Mendes and Sakunthala Srighanthan (PDF with commentary at Ottawa)
• Strategic Trends in China (1998), ed. by Hans Binnendijk and Ronald N. Montaperto (HTML at gpo.gov)
• Was There a Tiananmen Massacre? The Visit of General Chi: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, December 18, 1996 (Washington: GPO, 1998), by United States House Committee on International Relations (multiple formats at archive.org)
• "You Will be Harassed and Detained": Media Freedoms Under Assault in China Ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (2007), by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML with commentary at hrw.org)

• Baseless Prosecutions of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia: In the Dock and Under the Gun (New York et al.: Human Rights First, c2009), by Andrew Hudson (PDF with commentary at humanrightsfirst.org)
• Breaking the Grip? Obstacles to Justice for Paramilitary Mafias in Colombia (2008), by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
• War Without Quarter: Colombia and International Humanitarian Law, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)

• Zaire, a Country in Crisis: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, October 26, 1993 (1995), by United States Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Globalization and its Impact on Human Rights, ed. by Mathews George Chunukara (HTML at religion-online.org)

• Cuba's Repressive Machinery: Human Rights Forty Years After the Revolution, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)
• Political Imprisonment in Cuba (reprint; CANF pamphlet #22; Washington, DC: Cuban American National Foundation, 1987), by Amnesty International (PDF with rotated pages at archive.org)

• Crossing the Line: Georgia's Violent Dispersal of Protestors and Raid on Imedi Television (New York: Human Rights Watch, c2007), by Jane Buchanan (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)

• United Kingdom: An Agenda for Human Rights Protection (1997), by Amnesty International (HTML and PDF at amnesty.org)

• Scientists and Human Rights in Guatemala: Report of a Delegation (1992), by National Academy of Sciences Committee on Human Rights and Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Health and Human Rights (HTML at NAP)

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