This is the only comprehensive textbook reference work covering the principal human rights areas by subject matter. Covering both global and regional aspects, topics discussed include civil rights, political rights, and prohibition of discrimination on grounds of race, sex or religion. The purpose of this two-volume work is to provide teachers, students, and those engaged in research not only with a textbook dealing with the major topics in the field of human rights, but also with teaching suggestions, syllabuses, bibliographies, and case studies. Contributors include Theodor Meron, Louis Henkin, Jerome J. Shestack, Richard B. Lillich, John P. Humphrey, David M. Trubek, Francis Wolf, Jack Greenberg, Yoram Dinstein, Louis B.

Sohn, David Wiessbrodt, Thomas Buergenthal, and Rosalyn Higgins.