Dr Noelle Higgins is an Associate Professor in Law at Maynooth University; she researchesin the field of international justice.Dr Amina Adanan is Lecturer in Law in Maynooth University Law Department; she researchesin the areas of international law and international criminal law.Dr David M Doyle is a Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University; he researches in the areas oflegal history, criminal law, education law and intellectual property law.Michael Doherty is Professor of Law, and Head of the Law Department at MaynoothUniversity; he researches in the area of employment law and policy.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as Customary InternationalLaw, Amina AdananChapter 2: Implementing Universal Declaration of Human Rights Standards throughthe Universal Periodic Review Mechanism, Noelle HigginsChapter 3: Minority Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, JeanMolloyChapter 4: How Universal is the Universal Declaration? Indigenous Peoples as aChallenge to the UDHR, Ger MaguireChapter 5: The Rights of Workers, Keith D EwingChapter 6: Labour Trafficking and the Challenges of Victim Identification in Ireland:Exploring the Legacy of Article 4 UDHR, Muiread Murphy, David Doyle and ClíodhnaMurphyChapter 7: Fundamental Rights and Evolving Technologies: Considering theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights at 70, Maria Helen MurphyChapter 8: Policy Developments in Ireland: Implementing the UN Convention on theRights of Persons with Disabilities, Siobhan BarronChapter 9: United Nations Targeted Sanctions and Human Rights: Challenging theNarrative, Deirdre ClancyChapter 10: The Contemporary Threat to Civil Liberties and Human RightsActivism, Liam HerrickChapter 11: The ‘Curious Grapevine’: 70 Years of Non-governmental Organisationsin the United Nations Human Rights System, Fiona McGaughey