Feb 15: The UN System

Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi, Human Rights at the UN: The Political History of Universal Justice (2008)

Lauren, Paul Gordon, "To Preserve and Build on its Achievements and to Redress its
Shortcomings: The Journey from the Commission on Human Rights to the Human Rights Council,” Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 29, Number 2, May 2007, pp. 307-345

 

Resources:

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Int'l Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Int'l Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• Int'l Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• United Nations Human Rights Council