Fully updated, the sixth edition of this book examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II.

Jack Donnelly is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, USA.

Daniel J. Whelan is Bill and Connie Bowen Odyssey Professor of Politics at Hendrix College, USA.

Part I: History and Theory 1. Human Rights in Global Politics: Historical Perspective 2. Theories of Human Rights 3. The Relative Universality of Human Rights 4. The Unity of Human Rights Part II: Multilateral, Bilateral, and Transnational Action 5. Global Multilateral Mechanisms 6. Regional Human Rights Regimes 7. Human Rights and Foreign Policy 8. Human Rights in American Foreign Policy 9. Transnational Human Rights Advocacy Part III: Contemporary Issues 10. Humanitarian Intervention 11. Globalization, the State, and Human Rights 12. Human Rights and Development 13. (Counter-)Terrorism and Human Rights 14. What Has Been Achieved? And How Much is Left to be Done?

Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights