Human rights has become a main feature of present-day international politics. This book is about the role of human rights in foreign policy. In the first part a number of problems and dilemmas which confront policy-makers in the field of human rights are discussed. The second part is about the place of human rights in the foreign policy of a number of selected states.
Foreword; P.Kooijmans - Preface - Preface to the Second Edition - PART 1: GENERAL - Introduction - Universality and Cultural Relativism - Policy Choices - Policy Instruments - Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy - Intergovernmental Organizations - PART 2: SPECIFIC - The United States - The Soviet Union and Its Successors - Western Europe -The Third World - The Netherlands - Concluding Observations - Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Literature - Index