CONTENTS
Preface = ⅸ
PART Ⅰ : THE UNITED NATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
1. The U.N. Charter : A Blow to National Sovereignty = 3
2. The U.N. Commission on Human Rights = 13
3. Economic Equality for All = 19
4. The United Nations and Political and Civil Rights = 24
5. Women's Worldwide Plea for Equality = 35
6. A Global Revolution for Children = 45
7. Performance of the United Nations on Human Rights = 51
PART Ⅱ : THE UNITED STATES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
8. The United States Intervenes on Behalf of International Human Rights = 59
9. The United States Walks Out on the International Criminal Court = 76
10. Grading the State Department's Reports on Human Rights = 84
11. The United States Puts the World's Torturers on Trial = 95
PART Ⅲ : HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSFORM THE WORLD
12. Regional Tribunals for Human Rights = 107
13. The Right to Food = 122
14. Does the Death Penalty Violate Customary International Law? = 130
15. The Human Rights of Prisoners = 140
16. Human Rights Depend on an Independent Judiciary = 148
17. Is Freedom of Religion the Most Fundamental of All Human Rights? = 154
18. Do Amnesty and Reconciliation Bring Justice? = 170
19. Contemporary Developments in Human Rights = 182
20. The Future of International Human Rights = 190
Appendix : Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights, 25 June 1993 = 195
Sources of Information on International Human Rights = 233
Index = 237
