1 Sources of international human rights
2 Key concepts: universality, interdependence and categories of rights
3 States and treaty obligations
4 Human rights organisations and key institutions: United Nations and international entities
5 Regional human rights organisations and key institutions
6 Monitoring and enforcing human rights: extra-conventional mechanisms
7 Implementing human rights treaties: committees and courts
8 Extending the duties to protect and respect human rights: non-State actors
9 Children
10 Human rights defenders
11 Indigenous peoples
12 Prisoners, detainees and convicts
13 Refugees, stateless persons and internally displaced persons
14 Women
15 Emerging issues and challenges
Biography
Dr Rhona K.M. Smith is Professor of International Human Rights at Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University.
