Bøker:
Akira; Goedde og Hitchcock ( red.). The Human Rights Revolution: An International History, New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Følgende kapitler:
Moyn, Samuel. “Imperialism, Self-Determination, and the Rise of Human Rights”. S.159-178.
- Snyder, Sarah. “Principles Overwhelming Tanks: Human Rights and the End of the Cold War”. S. 265-283.
- Keys, Barbara. “Anti-Torture Politics: Amnesty International, the Greek Junta, and the Origins of the Human Rights Boom in the United States”. S. 201-214.
Hoffmann, Stefan-Ludwig (red.). Human Rights in the Twentieth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Følgende kapitler:
- Amos, Jennifer. “Embracing and Contesting: The Soviet Union and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948–1958”. S. 147–165.
- Eckert, Andreas. “African Nationalists and Human Rights, 1940–1970”. S. 283–300.
- Madsen, Mikael Rask. “‘Legal Diplomacy’ – Law, Politics and the Genesis of Postwar European Human Rights”. S. 63-85.
- Mazower, Mark. “The End of Civilization and the Rise of Human Rights. The Mid–Twentieth–Century Disjuncture”. S. 29–44.
- Nathans, Benjamin. «Soviet Rights-talk in the Post-Stalin Era», s. 166-190. (ny)
Lauren, Paul Gordon. The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen 3r ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. S. 1-226.
Martinez, Jenny S. The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. S. 3-148.
Øvrig litteratur:
*Glendon, Mary Ann. A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. New York: Random House, 2001. S. 3-20.
* Heerten, Lasse. “The Dystopia of Postcolonial Catastrophe: Self-Determination, the Biafran War of Secession, and the 1970s Human Rights Movement” i Eckel og Moyn: The Breakthrough, 2014. S. 15-32.
* Jensen, Steven L.B. “’Universality should govern our small world of today’ – The Cold War and UN Human Rights Diplomacy, 1960–1968” i Rasmus Mariager, Karl Molin og Kjersti Brathagen (red.): Human Rights in Europe During the Cold War, 2014. s. 56-72.
* Keck, Margaret og Sikkink, Kathryn. Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Ithaca: 1998. S. 1-38.
* Minde, H. ‘The Making of an International Movement of Indigenous Peoples’. Scandinavian Journal of History 21, 3 (1996): 221–246.
* Moyn, Samuel. “The Return of the Prodigal: The 1970s as a Turning Point in Human Rights History” i Eckel og Moyn: The Breakthrough, 2014. S. 1-14.
€ Pedersen, Susan. “The Meaning of the Mandate System: An Argument”. Geschichte und Gesellschaft 32, 4 (2006): 560–582.
* Richardson-Little, Ned. “Dictatorship and Dissent: Human Rights in East Germany in the 1970s” i Eckel og Moyn: The Breakthrough, 2014. S. 49-67.
* Shimazu, Naoko. Japan, Race and Equality: The Racial Equality Proposal of 1919. London: Routledge, 1998. S. 1-37.
* Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt. “Internasjonale menneskerettigheter” i Hilde Henriksen Waage, Rolf Tamnes og Hanne Hagtvedt Vik: Krig og fred i den lange 20. århundre. Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2013. S. 259-284.
Kilder:
1942 The Declaration by the United Nations
1944 The Statement of Essential Human Rights
1945 The Charter of the United Nations
1948 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1950 The European Convention on Human Rights
1965 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1966 UN Convention on Political and Civil Rights
1966 UN Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1984 UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
1989 ILO Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Totalt: 1156 sider.
Anbefalt tilleggsliteratur:
Glendon, Mary Ann. A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. New York: Random House, 2001. S. 21–241.
Moyn, Samuel. The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History Cambridge. MA og London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. (231 sider).
* Neff, Stephen C. “A Short History of International Law.” i Malcom D. Evans (red.): International Law 2nd ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. S. 3-31. (tidligere obligatorisk pensum)
* Simmons, Beth. “Humane Treatment. The Prevalence and Prevention of Torture” i Simmons: Mobilizing for Human Rights. International Law in Domestic Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2009. S. 256-306.(tidligere obligatorisk pensum)