Reading for the 1 lecture

The course outline will be published on Monday 25 August.

Reading for the 1 lecture:

An introduction to international human rights:

Origins

The International Bill of Human Rights

Required reading:

- Smith, pp. 1-25, 37-51, 181-194

- (JUS5710)Burgenthal (4th ed.), pp. 1-28

Selected documents:

-GA (General Assembly) Resolution 217 (III), see General Assembly

Resolutions,

http://www.un.org/documents/resga.htm

-The International Bill of Rights, see

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/InternationalLaw.aspx

¡¤ The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

¡¤ The International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights

(ICESCR)

¡¤ The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Recommended reading:

- Alfredsson, G. and A. Eide, eds., The Universal Declaration of Human

Rights, The Hague, Cambridge, MA., Dordrecht: Kluwer Law International,

1999: ?shild Samn?y, ¡°The Origins of the Universal..¡±, pp. 3-25 and

Asbj?rn Eide, ¡°The Non-Inclusion of Minority Rights: Resolution 217C

(III)¡±, pp. 701-723

- Burgenthal,Public International Law, 4th ed. Chapters 2 and 6: pp. 18-34, 133-144