IHR/HRlawactivitythree

International Human Rights Law Activity Three (Required Activity)

Bust of Sérgio Vieira de Mello, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

This reading provides a helpful introduction to the major Human Rights Treaties:

United Nations, OHCHR, ‘Developing Human Rights Standards: The Treaties and their Optional Protocols’ in The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System, pp. 3-18.

(Note: Required reading is pp. 3-18 only.)