PREFACE

OPENING REMARKS

INTRODUCTION

• National Experiences
  
• The implementation of human rights through national constitutions, courts, commissions and other institutions
  
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in China
  
• Human rights in the implementation of peace agreements: The example of Bosnia
  
• Conclusion: Is the Declaration rhetoric or reality within Member States?
  

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN BUILDING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITIES WITHIN MEMBER STATES

• Human Rights Education
  
• Technical assistance for human rights
  
• Human rights field activities
  
• Conclusion: Do UN agencies and international NGOs make a difference?
  

RESPONSES BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

• Human rights lessons learned from the Bosnia War and the Kosovo crisis
  
• Responses by the international community to massacres and genocide in the Great Lakes Region
  
• International concern with violence against women
  
• Conclusion: Are the boundaries of non-intervention shifting?
  

HUMAN RIGHTS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

• The right to development and human rights impact of the activities of development agencies
  
• A human rights approach to human development
  
• Integrating human rights into the work of the World Bank
  
• Conclusion: Old wine in new bottles or real change in policies and practice?
  

THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF PRIVATE BUSINESS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS

• Globalization as a human rights issue
  
• Trade unions and the labor movement faced with globalization
  
• Human rights and corporate accountability of international investors
  
• Conclusion: Are shareholder interests compatible with human rights interests?
  

THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

• A diplomatic breakthrough for the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  
• Conclusion: Can the Declaration help fortify the human rights movement?
  

DECLARATION ON THE RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND ORGANS OF SOCIETY TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

PARTICIPANTS