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Protecting Individual and Group Rights

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 History of Human Rights
   »  History of Human Rights
 Theory of Human Rights
   »  Politics and Human Rights
   »  Universality of Human Rights
   »  Philosophy of Human Rights
   »  Politics and Human Rights
   »  Culture and Human Rights
   »  The Future of Human Rights
 Types of Human Rights
   »  Political Rights
   »  Economic and Social Rights
   »  Group Rights
 Causes of Human Rights Violations
   »  Domestic Repression
   »  Civil War
   »  Internatinal War
   »  Sanctions
   »  Trade Policy
 Measurement of Human Rights
   »  Amnesty International's Political Terror Scale
   »  U.S. State Department Political Terror Scale
   »  Freedom House Civil and Political Liberties Scale
   »  POLITY's Democracy Score
   »  Minorities at Risk Data
 Human Rights Violations
   »  Definition
   »  Concentration Camps
   »  Contemporary Slavery and Human Trafficking
   »  Torture
   »  Rape
            Cases of Crimes Against Humanity
              »  Balkans in the 1990s
              »  Central African Republic
              »  Democratic Republic of Congo
              »  Nuremberg (International Military Tribunal)
              »  Sudan
              »  Uganda
              »  Cambodia
      War Crimes
        »  Definition
        »  Terror
        »  Torture
        »  Abuse of prisoners of war
        »  Rape
            Cases of War Crimes
              »  Balkans in the 1990s
              »  Central African Republic
              »  Democratic Republic of Congo
              »  Nuremberg (International Military Tribunal)
              »  Sudan
              »  Uganda
      Genocide
        »  Definition of Genocide
        »  Introduction to Genocide
        »  Theories of Genocide
        »  Genocide and Human Rights
        »  Disappearance and Genocide
        »  Aftermath of Genocide
            Cases of Genocide
              »  The Armenian Genocide
              »  The Holocaust
              »  Genocide in Cambodia
              »  Bosnian Genocide
              »  Rwandan Genocide
      Forced Migration (Refugees, IDPs)
        »  Refugees
        »  IDPs
        »  History of Forced Migration
        »  Ecological Causes and Consequences of Forced Migration
        »  Patterns of Migration
        »  Pre-Flight, Flight, and Post-Flight Scenarios
        »  Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement
        »  Diversity and Difference in the Refugee Experience
        »  Borders, Boundaries, and Belonging
        »  Renegotiations of National and Ethnic Identities
        »  The International Refugee System
        »  Reconstructions of Livelihood
      Cases of Forced Migration
        »  Post Genocide Rwanda
        »  India Pakistan Partition
 International Human Rights and Globalization
   »  Human Rights in the Middle east
   »  Global Poverty and Human Rights
   »  Globalization and the Responsibility of Transnational Corporations for Human Rights
   »  European System of Human Rights
   »  Inter-American System
 Human Rights Protection
      Justice and Rights
        »  Principles of Justice and Fairness
        »  Types of Justice
        »  Restorative Justice
        »  Retributive Justice
        »  Procedural Justice
        »  Distributive Justice
        »  Addressing Injustice
        »  Human Rights Norms
        »  Transitional Justice
      War Crimes Tribunals
        »  War Crime Tribunals
        »  International Criminal Court
        »  Nuremburg Trials
        »  International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
        »  The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
        »  Cambodia War Crimes Tribunal
        »  United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC)
      Other approaches for Redressing Grievances
        »  Historical Grievances
        »  Present Grievances
        »  Grievance Procedures
        »  Restorative Justice
        »  International Human Rights and Restorative Justice
        »  Objections to Restorative Justice
        »  Religious and Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice
        »  Ethics and Criminal Justice
      Human Rights and International Law
        »  Geneva Convention Treaties
        »  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
        »  International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
        »  International Criminal Law Treaties
        »  Customary International Law
        »  Convention Against Torture
      Political Norms and Human Rights
        »  UN Declaration of Human Rights
        »  The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
      Human Rights Intervention
        »  Intervention and Human Rights
        »  Human Rights Investigations
        »  Humanitarian Aid to Refugees
        »  Institutional Roles and Responsibilities
        »  Strategies and Tools for Application of Human Rights Norms
        »  The NGO and the Role of Civil Society in Human Rights Protection
        »  Legitimate and Effective Criminal Justice System
        »  Compensation and Reparations
      Responsibility for Human Rights
        »  Nation-States
        »  International Institutions
        »  Corporations
        »  UN
        »  Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
        »  IGOs
        »  Individuals
 Groups and Human Rights
   »  Women
   »  Ethnic and Racial Groups
   »  LGBTQ
   »  Children
   »  Disabled People
   »  Religious Groups
 Human Rights and the Environment
   »  Global Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
   »  Local Disasters
   »  Responsibility for Future Generations
 Other Rights
   »  Property Rights
   »  Land and Property Rights in the Peace Process
   »  Citizenship Rights and Duties