Table of Contents

Section I:Interdependence and Solidarity: Is the Human Rights Approach Relevant? Section II: Discrimination: The Need to Respect Equality and Diversity. a) Exclusion of Women from Equitable Participation. b) Exclusion of Ethnic, Religious, and Racial Minorities from Equitable Participation. c) Equality Rights and Disabled Persons. Section III: Violence: The Need to Respect Human Life and Dignity. a) State Violence. b) Non-State Actors and Violence. c) The Human Rights Response to Violence. Section IV: Evolution of Human Rights into New Areas. a) The Right to Food. b) The Right to Health. c) The Right to Environment. d) A New Framework for Refugees and Displaced Persons. e) Development and Human Rights. Section V: New Threats to Human Rights through Science and Technology -- The Need for Standards. a) Mass Communications and Human Rights. b) Information Technology and Confidentiality. c) Medical Ethnics and Human Rights. d) Reproduction, Technologies and Human Rights. Section VI: Achieving Human Rights Goals. a) Improving Present Structures. b) Shifting the Paradigm. Index.