| | Preface to the Second Edition | |
| | Acknowledgments | |
| | Introduction | |
| | Methodology | |
| | Abbreviations and Special Terms | |
| | List of Terms Defined | |
| | Definitions of Terms | 1 |
| Appendix A | Your Human Rights in the International Bill of Rights | 279 |
| Appendix B | Texts of the Instruments Comprising the International Bill of Human Rights | 281 |
| | Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (UN 1948) | 281 |
| | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1966) | 286 |
| | First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1966) | 303 |
| | Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1989) | 307 |
| | International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (UN 1966) | 309 |
| Appendix C | Excerpts from Selected International Human Rights Instruments | 319 |
| | Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (UN 1998) | 319 |
| | Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (UN 1948) | 320 |
| | Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UN 1984) | 324 |
| | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (UN 1969) | 329 |
| | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (UN 1979) | 333 |
| | American Convention on Human Rights (OAS 1978) | 341 |
| | African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (OAU 1981) | 351 |
| | European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Council of Europe 1950) | 358 |
| | Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (UN 1998) | 372 |
| Appendix D | Official Citations for Human Rights and Related Instruments | 387 |
| | Bibliography | 391 |