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"Human Rights"

Burns H. Weston
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2005

Newly updated for the 20th edition of The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, this article written by UICHR senior scholar Burns Weston examines the historical development of human rights, the nature and content of human rights, international human rights enforcement, and human rights at the turn of the 21st century. It includes a bibliography of scholarly work on human rights.
Part 1
Part 2

UICHR Human Rights Index

The Human Rights Index, a continuing series, is prepared by the UI Center for Human Rights (UICHR) for publication in The Iowa Review three times annually.