Human Rights - The New Consensus

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

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Introduction	Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Foreword	Sadoko Ogata
Editor's Viewpoint	Richard Reoch
Table of Contents	(download)
Section I	The Key Issues
	A question of principle Thomas Hammarberg
	An equal voice Charlotte Bunch
	New development agenda Patricia Feeney
	Fundamental freedoms Pierre Sané
	Defending the future Shulamith Koenig
	Raising awareness Robert Savio
	Partnership in action Pauline Comeau
	Contest in Vienna Kumudini Samuel
Section II	Politics, Society and Human Rights
	A solidarity pact Jean Mayer
	The peace paradox Andrew Clapham
	A horrendous toll International Alert
	Crisis in civilization Terra Femina
	Woman's voice The Global Campaign for Woman's Rights
	The next generation Sleepy Eye La Framboise
	Squandered opportunities United Nations Children's Fund
	Undefined and unprotected NGO's for the rights of the elderly
	Issues for the 1990s United Nations Population Fund
	Critical participation International Year of the World's Indigenous People
	Human rights defenders Michael H. Posner
	African viewpoint Makau Mutua
	The social framework: an Arab view Arab non-governmental organizations
	A European perspective Catherine Lalumière
Section III	Development, Business and Human rights
	Denial and neglect Philip Alston
	The poverty process International Fund for Agricultural Development
	Linking rights and development Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
	Human centred development Maurice Williams
	Ethical standards Ryuzaburo Kaku
	An Agenda 21 for human rights Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
	Balancing the environment Anand Panyarachun
	A South Asian perspective Neelan Tiruchelvam
	Growth with equity Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carabbean
	Rights at work International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
	The power of business Tim Smith
	Human rights and investment Clifton Sorrell Jr
	Change in the wind Robert Adams
	An instrument for change Walter Hoadley
	The Minnesota Principles

Section IV	The Debate Unfolds
Section IV	Download Fall's last-ditch attempt to save draft pact Albertina Sisulu call for action If times were right NGOs rebuff UN rights conference Indigenous people plead for attention and sensitivity Arab NGOs in agreement on woman's rights NGOs face exclusion from crucial drafting committee The curtain goes up Funds needed for the UN's human rights crusade End genocide in Bosnia Rights are universal and indivisible Message addressed to the World Conference on Human Rights by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates A world court for ethnic disputes Fact-finding under siege The great media divide Drafters to burn midnight oil The right to life The glass half full or half empty? Women's veal unmatched in Vienna In search of a new development strategy Probing rights violations Conference votes on Bosnia The silent shoes of Bosnia Asylum under seige in Europe NGOs make plans beyond Vienna
Section V	The Vienna Declaration
Section V	The Vienna Declaration and Programme of action Walter Hoadley
Section VI	NGO Final Forum
Section VI	NGO Forum Final Report
Section VII	Treaties and Declarations
	Universal Declaration of Human Rights
	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
	Tunis Declaration
	San José declaration
	Bangkok Declaration
	Declaration on the right to Development
Glossary	(download)