Table of Contents:
- Reasons for and the nature of the International Law of Human Rights
- Some definitions
- Historical perspective
- League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation
- Protection of minorities
- Catalyst of the Second World War and the Charter of the United Nations
- Human rights and the principal organs of the United Nations
- Commission on Human Rights
- Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Specialized agencies
- Regional systems
- Role of non-governmental organizations
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- United Nations Covenants on Human Rights and the Optional Protocol
- Other conventions, declarations and institutions of the customary law relating to human rights
- Conclusion