A half-century since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the time is right to assess how policies and actions effect the realization of human rights and to point to new directions and challenges that lie ahead.

Contents: The Road to the Twenty-First Century - Human Rights: Ideology and Aspiration, Reality and Prospect; L.Henkin - Human Rights: Not Merely an Internal Affair; W.Jingsheng - The American Road to a Human Rights Policy; J.Carter - Opening Totalitarian Societies to the World Outside; L.Romankov - Human Rights Enforcement: State and Individual Accountability - Human Rights in Europe; S.Williams - The Inter-American System of Protection: Its Contribution to the International Law of Human Rights; J.Mendez - The Construction of the African Human Rights System: Prospects and Pitfalls; M.Mutua - Human Rights in Pakistan: A System in the Making; A.Jahangir - Advancing the Cause of Human Rights: The Need for Justice and Accountability; R.Goldstone - Human Rights Policy Ideas, Institutions, and Instruments - Human Rights Organizations: A New Force for Social Change; K.Roth - Democracy and Human Rights: An Argument for Convergence; M.H.Halperin - Diplomacy with a Cause: Human Rights in US Foreign Policy; J.Shattuck - Economic Sanctions and Human Rights; A.Neier - Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention; K.Annan - Human Rights and Deadly Conflict: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure; D.Hamburg - 'Conscience Trigger': The Press and Human Rights; A.Husarska - Afterword - The Challenges Ahead: Analysis and Integration; M.Robinson