CONTENT
Introduction
His Excellency Boutros Boutros-Ghali,Secretary-General of the United Nations 7
Forward Sadako Ogata,United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 9
Editor's viewpoint Richard Reoch 10
The Key Issues 21
A question of principle by Thomas Hammarberg 23
An equal voice by Charlotte Bunch 27
New development agenda by Patricia Feeney 32
Fundamental freedoms by Pierre Sane 38
Defending the future by Shulamith Koenig 43
Raising awareness by Roberto Savio 49
Partnership in action by Pauline Comeau 53
Contest in Vienna by Kumudini Samuel 57
Politics, Society and Human Rights 63
A solidarity pact by Jean Mayer 64
The peace paradox by Andrew Clapham 68
A horrendous toll by International Alert 71
Crisis of civilization by Terra Femina 77
Women's voice
The Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights 79
The next generation by Sleepy Eye La Framboise 80
Squandered opportunities by United Nations Children's Fund 80
Undefined and unprotected by NGOs for the rights of the elderly 85
Issues for the 1990s by United Nations Population Fund 86
Critical participation by International Year of the World's Indigenous People 89
Human rights defenders by Michael H. Posner 91
African viewpoint by Makau Mutua 97
The social framework: an Arab view by Arab non-governmental organizations 100
A European perspective by Catherine Lalumiere 103
Development, Business and Human Rights 109
Denial and neglect by Philip Alston 111
The poverty process by International Fund for Agricultural Development 117
Linking rights and development by Lawyers Committee for Human Rights 119
Human centred development by Maurice Williams 122
Ethical standards by Ryuzaburo Kaku 127
An Agenda 21 for human rights by Paulo Scrgio Pinheiro 131
Balancing the environment by Anand Panyarachun 135
A South Asian perspective by Neeliin Tiruchelvam 139
Growth with equity by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean 143
Rights at work by International Confederation of Free Trade Unions 145
The power of business by Tim Smith 149
Human rights and investment by Clifton Sorrell Jr 153
Change in the wind by Robert Adams 157
An instrument for change by Walter Hoadley 161
The Minnesota Principles 165
The Debate Unfolds 167
Fall's last-ditch attempt to save draft pact AlbertinaSisulu call for action
If times were right NGOs rebuff UN rights conference Indigenous people plead for attention and sensitivity Arab NGOs in agreement on women'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 A glass half full or half empty?
Women's zeal unmatched in Vienna In search of a new development strategy
Probing rights violations Conference votes on Bosnia The silent shoes of Bosnia Asylum under siege in Europe NGOs make plans beyond Vienna
The Vienna Declaration 191
The Vienna Declaration and Program of Action 193
NGO Final Forum 229
NGO Forum final Report 230
The High Commissioner for Human Rights 253
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 254
Facing up to failures by Amnesty International 257
Treaties and Declarations 263
Universal Declaration of Human Right 265
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 267
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 278
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 281
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights 283
Tunis Declaration 288
San Jose Declaration 239
Bangkok Declaration 293
Declaration on the Right to Development 297
Glossary 303