"Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.
Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law, in the forms of treaties, customary international law , general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups."
Click http://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/10-books-for-your-2011-summer-reading-list/ for a top 10 summer book list on human rights from Amnesty International.
K | covers the law topics of jurisprudence, comparative law, international trade and human rights |
KZ | covers topics relating to the law of nations and includes human rights as a subtopic |
JC | covers topics relating to political science and numbers
beginning with JC570 cover the subtopic of human rights
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For books concerning human rights that are not primarily law or political science books you may need to look outside of the above call numbers. See the Featured Books box for a small sample of the breadth of resources that relate to human rights issues.
Below are some possible search terms to use to find resources on topics relating to Human Rights:
human rights AND [enter name of country]
human rights AND Advocacy
human rights AND globalization
human rights AND case studies
human rights AND cross-cultural studies
human rights AND developing countries
human rights AND economic aspects
human rights AND government policy
human rights AND health aspects
human rights in literature
human rights AND international cooperation
human righs AND prisons
human rights AND police