Sources:

A. Charter of the United Nations (1945) http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/

B. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948 ) http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm

International Covenants, Conventions & Protocols (with the status of treaties):

C. International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (1976) http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_ccpr.htm

D. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (1976) [neither signed nor ratified by US] http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr-one.htm#art2

E. Second Optional Protocol on Civil & Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty (1989) [neither signed nor ratified by US] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_opt2.htm

F. International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (1976) [signed by the US in 19??, never ratified]. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm

G. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969) [s. 1966; r. 1994] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_icerd.htm

H. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1981) [signed by US in 1980, never ratified] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/e1cedaw.htm

I. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (2000) [neither signed nor ratified by US http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/opt_cedaw.htm

J. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1987).

K. Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990) [s. 1995; never ratified. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm & http://www.unicef.org/crc/

L. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Prostitution & Child Pornography (2002) [US s. 2000; r. 2002] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/dopchild.htm

M. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (20020 [US s. 2000, r. 2002] http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/crc-conflict.htm

N. International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers & the Members of their Families (2003) [neither signed nor ratified by the US] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/m_mwctoc.htm

O. Convention Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment & Occupation (1960). http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_ilo111.htm

P. Convention Against Discrimination in Education (1960). http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=UN+convention+against+descrimination+in+education&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Q. Convention Concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (1953). http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_ilo100.htm UN General Assembly Declarations & Proclamations (statements of broad consensus without the formal status of treaties)

R. Nuremberg Principles (1950). http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/390?OpenDocument

S. Proclamation of Teheran (1968). http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/b_tehern.htm.

T. Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (1971).http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/m_mental.htm

U. Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975). http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/72.htm

V. Declaration on Fundamental Principles Concerning the Contribution of the Mass Media to Strengthening Peace & International Understanding, to the Promotion of Human Rights and to Countering Racialism, Apartheid and Incitement to War (1978). http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_media.htm

W. Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (1981). http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_intole.htm

X. Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace (1984) http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/peace.htm

Y. Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who Are Not Nationals of the Country in Which They Live (1985). http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/o_nonnat.htm

Z. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (1993). http://www.unhchr.ch/huridoca/huridoca.nsf//(Symbol)/A.RES.48.104.En?Opendocument

AA. Vienna Declaration & Program of Action (1993). http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/vienna.htm

BB. Declaration on the Right & Responsibility of Individuals, Groups & Organs of Society to Promote & Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms (1998).http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/A.RES.53.144.En?OpenDocument

Key U.S. Documents on Human Rights

I. U.S. Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776). http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.html

II. Constitution of the United States & Amendments (1789-present). http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html

Bibliography

Chapter l: Historical Background

Hunt, Lynn. Inventing Human Rights: A History (NY: W.W. Norton, 2007).
Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.; Lynn Hunt & Marilyn B. Young (eds.) Human Rights & Revolutions (Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

Chapter 2: The UN & Human Rights since World War II

Johnson, M. Glen. “The contributions of Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt to the development of international protection for human rights,” Human Rights Quarterly 9 (1987):19-48.

Morsink, Johannes. “World War II & the Universal Declaration,” Human Rights Quarterly 15 (1993):357-403.

Chapter 3: Opposition to Human Rights in the U.S.

Kaufman, Natalie Hevener & David Whiteman. “Opposition to human rights treaties in the United States Senate: the legacy of the Bricker Amendment,” Human Rights Quarterly 10 (1988):309-37.

Chapter 4: What Are Our Human Rights?

Chapter 5: What Are Our Human Responsibilities?

Pogge, Thomas. “Human rights & human responsibilities,” in Pablo de Greiff & Ciaran Cronin (eds.) Global Justice & Transnational Politics (Cambridge MA: MIT, 2002), pp. 151-96.

Chapter 6: The U.S. & Human Rights Abroad

Falk, Richard. Human Rights Horizons: The Pursuit of Justice in a Globalizing World (NY: Routledge, 2000).

Chapter 7: U.S. Government Challenges to Human Rights at Home

Cole, David. Enemy Aliens: Double Standards & Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism (NY: New Press, 2005).

Ginger, Ann Fagan & Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (eds.) Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations since 9/11 (Amherst NY: Prometheus, 2005).

Chapter 8: The State of Human Rights in Santa Cruz County, California

Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County. Annual Reports on the Status of Poverty (19__-2007).

Chapter 9: A Call to Action

Mittal Anhurada & Peter Rosset. America Needs Human Rights (Oakland CA: Food First, 1999).