Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-514) and index.

Includes filmography: pages 515-528.

Human rights : concept and content / Burns H. Weston -- Capabilities, human rights, and the universal declaration / Martha C. Nussbaum -- The universality of human rights in a multicultured world / Burns H. Weston -- The second great transformation : human rights leap-frogging in the era of globalization / Rhoda Howard-Hassmann -- Genocide / Diane Orentlicher -- Torture and the future / Lisa Hajjar -- Civil rights / Richard B. Lillich -- Human rights and crime / Rachel Neild -- First principles of racial equality / Paul Gordon Lauren -- Protecting the rights of women / Eva Brems -- The international and national protection of refugees / Maryellen Fullerton -- Indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and territoriality / Maiv�an Clech L�am -- Economic, social, and cultural rights as human rights / Asbj�rn Eide -- Worker rights are human rights / Lee Swepston -- Food is a human right / George Kent -- The right to health : key objectives, themes, and interventions / Paul Hunt -- The right to education and human rights education / Richard Pierre Claude -- The right to take part in cultural life / Stephen A. Hansen -- The right of self-determination in the twenty-first century / Hurst Hannum -- The right to development / Arjun Sengupta -- Is the human right to environment recognized under international law? / Luis E. Rodriguez-Rivera -- Peace : a "sacred right" / Douglas Roche -- Human rights : prescription and enforcement / Burns H. Weston -- How is international human rights law enforced? / Harold Hongju Koh -- Making the human rights treaties work / Anne F. Bayefsky -- The United Nations and human rights / Stephen P. Marks -- The promise of regional human rights systems / Dinah Shelton -- No exceptions? The United States pick-and-choose approach to human rights / Michael Ignatieff -- Civil remedies for gross human rights violations / Michael Ratner -- Humanitarian intervention : imperatives and problematics / Richard Falk -- What do human rights NGOs do? / Richard Pierre Claude -- Multinational corporations and the ethics of global responsibility / Mahmood Monshipouri, Claude E. Welch, Jr., Evan T. Kennedy -- The human right to revolution / Jordan J. Paust.

Specifically designed for educational use by international relations, law, and political and social science classes, this book treats the full range of human rights issues, including implementation problems and processes involving international, national, and nongovernmental action.