Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Introduction Progressive Nuances in International Human Rights Paradigm -- Chapter One The Historical Development of International Human Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some Historical Perspectives on Human Rights -- 3. Universal Rights -- 4. The European View -- 5. Human Rights as Moral Ideas in Diverse Societies, Religions, and Cultures -- 6. Africa -- 7. Middle East (Islamic World) -- 8. Asia -- 9. Post-War Developments -- 10. Conclusion -- Chapter Two Civil and Political Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Covenant -- 3. The Rights Package -- 4. Future Challenges -- Chapter Three An Introduction to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Overcoming the Constraints of Categorization through Implementation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Developments -- 3. Similarities and Differences in Content of ICCPR and ICESCR -- 4. The Norms and Enforcement -- 5. On Justiciability: An Example of the Protection of ESC Rights in a Region -- 6. On Justiciability: Domestic Enforcement -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter Four Women's Rights in International Law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recognition of Women's Rights: United Nations Charter and the International Bill of Rights -- 3. Women's Rights in other United Nations Conventions -- 4. Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women -- 5. United Nations Groundbreaking Conferences -- 6. Violence Against Women -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter Five Globalization and Human Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Globalization -- 3. Economic Globalization and Human Rights -- 4. Political, Social and Cultural Globalization and Human Rights -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter Six Role of the UN in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights -- 1. Introduction.

2. From Codification to Efficiency: The Different Phases of the Human Rights Discourse within the United Nations -- 3. Normative Development of the UN System of Protection and Promotion of Human Rights -- 4. "Charter-based" and "Treaty-based" Monitoring Mechanisms: Public Special Procedures and the Work of the Committees -- Chapter Seven Attributes of Successful Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) - Sixty Years After the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. NGOs & Human Rights NGOs -- 3. Ten Characteristics of Successful Human Rights NGOs -- 4. NGO Self-Regulation Via Codes of Conduct and Ethics -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter Eight Do States have an Obligation under International Law to Provide Human Rights Education? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Human Rights Education (HRE) in International Law -- 3. Obstacles to the Realization of HRE -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter Nine Application of International Standards of Human Rights Law at Domestic Level -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Codification of International Human Rights Standards as Law -- 3. Domestic Implementation of Rights: The 'Engine Room' of Universal Instruments of Human Rights -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter Ten Role of Regional Human Rights Instruments in the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. European Human Rights Treaties and Their Implementation -- 3. The Inter-American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 -- 4. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, 1981 -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Index.