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At the end of the 20th century, human rights have frequently been qualified as the common heritage or the common language or humanity. They do not belong to the domestic jurisdiction of states and are internationally protected, creating a body of universal standards and values at the service of human dignity, equality and non-discrimination, and human freedoms.

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• The Concept of Human Rights: International human rights in an historical perspective
• The philosophical foundations of human rights
• Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Civil and political rights
• Economic and social rights
• Cultural rights
• Human Rights of Vulnerable Persons and Groups: Women's rights
• The Rights of the child
• The rights of persons belonging to minorities
• Protection of the world's indigenous peoples and human rights
• Migrant workers' rights
• Humanitarian Law: Humanitarian law and human rights
• Bibliography
• Index

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CHOICE Review

This clearly written and accurate collection of essays covers the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions of human rights, with particular attention to women, children, minorities, indigenous people, and migrant workers. Especially illuminating is Jerome Shestack's study of the philosophical foundations of human rights, which complements the overall emphasis on institutions and statutes. The study is too heavily focused on the role of the UN and the letter of the law and does not do justice to the actual practices of international law and the undercurrents of Realpolitik. Case studies are rarely presented, and little attention is paid to the deficiencies of the existing legal order that have helped generate the movement to establish a new International Criminal Court. Although a discussion of the Geneva Conventions on armed conflicts is included, this volume is inadequate in its coverage of Nuremberg, the Genocide Convention, and the Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Overall, it ranks high in style for a work of its type but has unfortunate shortcomings in analysis and content. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students will benefit from this useful compendium. A. Klinghoffer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden