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1998 : 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
New York : UN, 1997. 28 p.
Note: Contains texts of recent General Assembly and ECOSOC resolutions and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Internet: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/50th/50kit1.htm.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: ST/HR(05)/B311, No. 1.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS / DECLARATIONS

Access to human rights documentation : documentation, bibliographies and data bases on human rights
Paris : Unesco, 1997. viii, 188 p.
Note: On cover: Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948-1998. Prepared by Janusz Symonides and Vladimir Volodin
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNESCO/SHS.97/WS.19
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / BIBLIOGRAPHIES / DATABASES

Access to human rights documentation: documentation, bibliographies and data bases on human rights
Paris : UNESCO, 1997. viii, 188 p.
Document Symbol: UNESCO/SHS.97/WS/19.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / BIBLIOGRAPHIES / DATABASES

All human beings... : manual for human rights education
Paris : Unesco, 1998. 172 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNESCO(09)/H919.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

Children's rights : creating a culture of human rights
Geneva : UN, 1998. 55 p.
Note: Compilation of basic information and documents on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Internet: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/50th/50kit3.htm.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: ST/HR(05)/B311, No. 3.
Keywords: RIGHTS OF THE CHILD / CHILDREN / HUMAN RIGHTS

Collection of international instruments and other legal texts concerning refugees and displaced persons
Geneva : UNHCR, 1995. 2 v.
Note: Contents: v.1, Universal instruments - v.2, Regional instruments
Sales No.: GV.96.0.2
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNST/HCR(092)/C697
Keywords: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS / REFUGEES / DISPLACED PERSONS

A compendium of declarations on the rights of disabled persons
New York : UN, 1988. 6 p.
Document Symbol: DPI/956.
Keywords: DECLARATIONS / DISABLED PERSONS / HUMAN RIGHTS

Compilation of general comments and general recommendations adopted by human rights treaty bodies
Geneva : UN, 1997. 164 p.
Note: Covers Human Rights Committee; Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document Symbol: HRI/GEN/1/Rev.3
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / TREATIES / RECOMMENDATIONS

Compilation of general recommendations adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination : note by the Secretariat
Geneva : UN, 1999. 22 p.
Document Symbol: CERD/C/365.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / RECOMMENDATIONS

Encyclopedia of human rights, 2nd ed. / [compiled by] Edward Lawson
Washington, D.C. : Taylor & Francis, 1996. xli, 1715 p.
Note: Published with the cooperation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights/Centre for Human Rights, as a contribution to the United Nations Decade on Human Rights Education, 1995-2005
UN Library (NY) Call No.: Ref 342.7(03) E55; UNRef 342.7(03) E55
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

Final report on enhancing the long-term effectiveness of the United Nations human rights treaty system / Philip Alston, independent expert
Geneva : UN, 1997. 39 p.
Document Symbol: E/CN.4/1997/74.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / TREATIES / UN

The first twenty years : progress report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
New York : UN, 1991. iv, 96 p.
Note: Includes text of decisions and recommendations adopted by the Committee
Document Symbol: HR/PUB/91/4
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / RACIAL DISCRIMINATION / CERD

Guidelines regarding the form and contents of periodic reports from States parties [under article 40, paragraph 1 (b) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]
Geneva, 1995. 3 p.
Note: Adopted by the at its 308th meeting (13th sess.), on 27 July 1981, and embodying amendments adopted by the Committee at its 1002nd meeting (39th sess.), on 24 July 1990, and 1089th meeting (42nd sess.), on 25 July 1991, and 1415th meeting (53rd sess.), on 7 April 1995
Document Symbol: CCPR/C/20/Rev.2
Keywords: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS / PERIODIC REPORTS / REPORTING PROCEDURES / GUIDELINES

The High Commissioner for Human Rights : an introduction : making human rights a reality
New York : UN, 1996. vii, 46 p.
Document Symbol: HR/PUB/HCHR/96/1.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT / UN / HISTORY

HIV/AIDS and human rights : international guidelines : Second International Consultation on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, Geneva, 23-25 September 1996
New York : UN, 1998. vii, 63 p.
Document Symbol: HR/PUB/98/1; E/CN.4/1997/37, Annex.
Sales No.: 98.XIV.1.
Keywords: AIDS / DISCRIMINATION / HUMAN RIGHTS / GUIDELINES

Human rights : a compilation of international instruments
New York ; Geneva : UN, 1994-1997. 2 v. in 3 pts.
Note: Includes full text of instruments. Vol. I (2 pts.): Universal instruments; vol. II: Regional instruments
Document Symbol: ST/HR/1/Rev.5
Sales No.: 94.XIV.1 (vol. I); 97.XIV.1 (vol. II)
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS / TREATIES / DECLARATIONS

Human rights : international instruments : chart of ratifications as at 31 December 1997
New York; Geneva : UN, 1998. 11 p.
Document Symbol: ST/HR/4/Rev.16.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / TREATIES / INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS / SIGNATURES, ACCESSIONS, RATIFICATIONS

Human rights : questions and answers
New York : UN, 1987. ii, 54 p.
Document Symbol: DPI/919.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights : questions and answers, 3rd ed.
Paris : UNESCO, 1996. 147 p.
Note: Includes an interpretation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNESCO(02)/L665
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights : the International Bill of Human Rights : Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Optional Protocols
New York : UN, 1993. v, 45 p.
Document Symbol: DPI/925/Rev.1.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Human rights and elections : a handbook on the legal, technical and human rights aspects of elections
New York; Geneva : UN, 1994. xii, 24 p.
Document Symbol: HR/P/PT/2.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / ELECTIONS / MANUALS

Human rights and social and economic development : a selection of publications
New York : UN, 1990. iii, 28 p.
Document Symbol: DPI/1028.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Human rights bibliography : United Nations documents and publications, 1980-1990
New York : UN, 1993. 5 v.
Note: Vol. I: Main list by category; vol. II: Author index; vol. III: Subject index (Abol-Foro); vol. IV: Subject index (Fort-Puer); vol. V: Subject index (Puni-Zion)
Sales No.: GV.92.0.16
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNST/HR(016)/H8
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Human Rights Committee : selected decisions under the Optional Protocol
New York : UN, 1985-1990. 2 v.
Note: Vol. I: 2nd to 16th sessions, 1976-1979; vol. II: 17th to 32nd sessions, 1979-1988
Document Symbol: CCPR/C/OP/1 (vol. I); CCPR/C/OP/2 (vol. II)
Sales No.: 84.XIV.2 (vol. I); 89.XIV.1 (vol. II)
Keywords: RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS / CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS / WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS / HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights on CD-ROM
Geneva : UN, 1997. 1 CD-ROM + user guide.
Note: Bibliographical database. Includes full text of 95 international human rights instruments
Sales No.: GV.97.0.7
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNST/HR(016)/H85
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / BIBLIOGRAPHIES / INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS / TREATIES

Human rights on CD-ROM, 1980-1996 : bibliographical data and international instruments
Geneva : UN, 1997.
Note: 16,000 bibliographical references to United Nations documents and publications from 1980 to 1994 including the full text of ninety-five international instruments
Sales No.: GV.97.O.7
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNST/HR(016)/H85
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / BIBLIOGRAPHIES / THESAURI / TREATIES / INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS / DECLARATIONS

Implementation handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child / prepared for UNICEF by Rachel Hodgkin and Peter Newell
New York : UNICEF, 1998. xix, 681 p.
Note: Includes text of the Convention and other international instruments pertaining to the rights of children and youth
Sales No.: 97.XX.SWZ.2
UN Library (NY) Call No.: E/ICEF(09)/I34
Keywords: RIGHTS OF THE CHILD / HUMAN RIGHTS / CHILDREN / TREATIES / MANUALS

Manual on human rights reporting under six major international human rights instruments
Geneva : UN, 1997. xiii, 537 p.
Document Symbol: ST/HR/PUB/91/1 (Rev.1).
Sales No.: GV.97.0.16.
Keywords: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS / HUMAN RIGHTS / MANUALS / REPORTING PROCEDURES

No distant millennium : the international law of human rights
Paris : Unesco, 1989. 204 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNESCO/SHS/230.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / INTERNATIONAL LAW

Official records of the Human Rights Committee
New York; Geneva : UN, 1993-.
Note: Continues: Yearbook of the Human Rights Committee. Vol. I: Summary records; vol. 2: Documents. Annual; latest ed. received: 1992/93. Holdings recorded in UN-I-QUE
Document Symbol: CCPR/12 (vol. I); CCPR/12/Add.1 (vol. II)
Sales No.: 96.XIV.1 (vol. I); 96.XIV.2 (vol. II)
Keywords: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS / HUMAN RIGHTS

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Francis M. Deng, submitted pursuant to Commission [on Human Rights] resolution 1997/39
Geneva : UN, 1998. 14 p.
Note: Annex contains Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
Document Symbol: E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2
Internet: http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/TestFrame/d2e008c61b70263e c125661e0036f36e?Opendocument.
Keywords: DISPLACED PERSONS / PRINCIPLES / HUMAN RIGHTS

Report of the World Conference on Human Rights, [Vienna, 14-25 June 1993]
New York : UN, 1993. 51 p.
Note: Includes Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
Document Symbol: A/CONF.157/24 (Part I)
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS

The rights of the child
Geneva : UN, 1996. 53 p.
Note: Includes text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, status of the Convention as at 15 Oct. 1996, and the general guidelines regarding the form and contents of initial reports to be submitted by States parties
Internet: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs10.htm.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNST/HR(05)/H8, No. 10(Rev.1).
Keywords: RIGHTS OF THE CHILD / HUMAN RIGHTS / CHILDREN

Selected decisions of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol. Volume 2, 17th to 32nd sessions, October 1982-April 1988
New York : UN, 1990. v, 246 p.
Document Symbol: CCPR/C/OP/2.
Sales No.: 89.XIV.1.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS

Selected decisions of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol. [Volume 1] 2nd to 16th sessions
New York : UN, 1985. v, 167 p.
Document Symbol: CCPR/C/OP/1.
Sales No.: 84.XIV.2.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS

The Struggle against discrimination : a collection of international instruments adopted by the United Ntions System / edited by Janusz Symonides
Paris : UNESCO, 1996. iii, 313 p.
Document Symbol: [UNESCO/]SHS-97/WS/1.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNESCO(02)/S9.
Keywords: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION / HUMAN RIGHTS

Thematic directory
Geneva, 1998. 69 p.
Note: Bilingual (E/F). Directory for all bodies comprising the UN human rights machinery. Gives membership, contact persons and includes organigrammes
Document Symbol: [ST/HR/NONE/98/51]
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / DIRECTORIES / ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE / UN

UN briefing papers : human rights today : a United Nations priority
New York : UN, 1998. v, 74 p.
Note: Gives concise overview of UN activities in the field of human rights
Document Symbol: DPI/1998
Sales No.: 98.I.22
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT / UN

UNESCO and human rights : standard-setting instruments, major meetings, publications
Paris : UNESCO, 1996. xiv, 407 p.
Note: Includes full text of treaties, declarations, recommendations and final documents of meetings adopted/held under UNESCO auspices
Document Symbol: [UNESCO/]SHS-96/WS/8
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNESCO(02)/H85
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

United Nations action in the field of human rights
New York : UN, 1994. xi, 417 p.
Document Symbol: ST/HR/2/Rev.4.
Sales No.: 94.XIV.11.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / UN SYSTEM

The United Nations and human rights, 1945-1995
New York : UN, 1995. 536 p.
Note: Gives overview of UN involvement in and reproduces major UN documents pertaining to human rights
Document Symbol: DPI/1676
Sales No.: 95.I.21
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT / UN / HISTORY

United Nations Declaration and International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
[New York] : UN, 1997. 33 p.
Note: Gives a chronology of UN efforts to combat racism. Includes full text of the Declaration and the Convention and status of the Convention as at 31 Dec. 1996
Document Symbol: DPI/858/Rev.1
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / RACIAL DISCRIMINATION / DECLARATIONS / TREATIES

United Nations reference guide in the field of human rights
New York : UN, 1993. ix, 124 p.
Document Symbol: ST/HR/6.
Sales No.: 93.XIV.4.
Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHIES / HUMAN RIGHTS

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and ILO standards
Geneva : ILO, 1998. various pagings.
Note: A comparative analysis on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Declaration's adoption
UN Library (NY) Call No.: ILO(092)/U58
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS

World Conference on Human Rights : the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, June 1993, with the opening statement of United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
New York : UN, 1993. 71 p.
Document Symbol: DPI/1394/Rev.1.
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / DECLARATIONS / PROGRAMMES OF ACTION

World directory of human rights research and training institutions, 4th ed
Paris : UNESCO, 1998. xiii, 285 p.
Note: Trilingual (E,F,S)
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNESCO(05)/W602
Keywords: UNESCO / HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION / TRAINING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS / DIRECTORIES

Yearbook on human rights
New York : UN, 1948-.
Note: Latest ed. received: 1988. Holdings recorded in UN-I-QUE
Sales No.: 92.XIV.2
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNST/SOA(058)/H7
Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS / ACTIVITIES / UN