Books
- Ackerly, A.B. Universal Human Rights in a World of Difference. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Alston, P. and F. Megret (eds). The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Alston, P. and R. Goodman. International Human Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Alston, Philip. “The Historical Origins of General Comments’ in Human Rights Law”. in Laurence Boisson De Charzournes and Vera Gowlland-Debbas (eds), The International Legal System in Quest of Equity and Universality. Brill, Nijhoff, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004479012
- Amnesty International. Amnesty International Handbook, London: AI publications, 2002.
- Baghel, I. and S.N. Yadav. Human Rights in the 21st Century. Jnanada Prakashan, 2009.
- Bantekas, I. and L. Oette. International Human Rights Law and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Buchanan, R. and P. Zumbansen. Law in Transition: Human Rights, Development and Transitional Justice. Hart Publishing, 2014.
- Clapham, Andrew. Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Condorelli, Antonio and Joseph H. H. Weiler (eds). Change and Stability in International Law- Making. New York; Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1988.
- Ishay, Micheline R. The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era. University of California Press, 2004. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctv1xxscm
- Janusz, Symonides. Human Rights: Concept and Standards. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge, 2000.
- Justice Antonin Scalia. “Justice Scalia’s Tribute and Thoughts on Human Rights” in Jo Carby-Hall (ed). Essays on Human Rights: A Celebration of the Life of Dr Janusz Kochanowski. Warsaw: Ius et Lex Foundation, 2014.
- Kamminga, M. T. Inter-State Accountability for Violations of Human Rights, Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.
- Karol, Wolfke. “Can Codification of International Law be Harmful?”. In Jerzy Makarczyk (ed), Essays in International Law in Honour of Judge Manfred Lachs, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1984.
- OHCHR and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Human Rights: Handbook for Parliamentarians N◦26. Inter-Parliamentary Union: the United Nations (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2016. 
- OHCHR. A Handbook on the Establishment and Strengthening of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Geneva: Human Rights Publications 1995.
- The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Ulfstein, Geir. Law-Making by Human Rights Treaty Bodies. Routledge, 2014.
Arcticles
- Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte. “What Are Human Rights? Four Schools of Thought”. Human Rights Quarterly, 32, 1(2010), 1-20. Available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/40390000
- Kumar, C. Raj. “National Human Rights Institutions: Good Governance Perspectives on Institutionalization of Human Rights”. American University International Law Review, 19, 2(2003), 259-300. Available at https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/auilr/vol19/iss2/2/
- Pronto, Arnold N. “Codification and Progressive Development of International Law: A Legislative History of Article 13(1) (a) of the Charter of the United Nations”, FIU Law Review, 13, 6(2019), 1101-1123. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3497168
- Craven, Matthew. “Legal Differentiation and the Concept of the Human Rights Treaty in International Law”. European Journal of International Law, 11, 3(2000), 489-519. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/11.3.489
- Dinstein, Yoram. “The Erga Omnes Applicability of Human Rights”. Archiv Des Völkerrechts, 30, 1(1992), 16-21.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/40798679
- Ghandhi, Sandy. “Human Rights and the International Court of Justice the Ahmadou Sadio Diallo Case”. Human Rights Law Review, 11, 3(2011), 527–555. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngr023
- Crook, John R. “the International Court of Justice and Human Rights”, Northwestern Journal of Human Rights, 1, 1(2004), 2-8. https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/njihr/vol1/iss1/2
- Lord, Janet E. “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Voice Accountability and NGOs in Human Rights Standard Setting”. Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, 5, 2(2004), 93-110. https://scholarship.shu.edu/diplo_ir/vol5/iss2/9
- Bird, Annie. “Third State Responsibility for Human Rights Violations”. European Journal of International Law, 21, 4(2010), 883-900, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chq066
- Milner, Helen. “The Assumption of Anarchy in International Relations Theory: A Critique”. Review of International Studies, 17, 1(1991), 67-85. doi:10.1017/S026021050011232X
Documents
- Committee On Enforced Disappearances. “Rules of procedure and working methods”, Accessed September 8, 2021, Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CED/Pages/WorkingMethods.aspx.
- De Frouville, Olivier. “ Strengthening the Rule of Law: The Right to an Effective Remedy for Victims of Human Rights Violations”. Conference in Vienna, 27-28 June 2013.
- Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Accessed September 28, 2021.
- Draft revised General Comment No. 10 (2007), Accessed September 28, 2021. Available at: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/DraftGC10.aspx
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Accessed September 20, 2021.
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Accessed September 20, 2021.
- International Service for Human Rights I (SHR). A Simple Guide to the UN Treaty Bodies, 2015, Accessed July 5, 2021. Available at: https://www.ishr.ch/sites/default/files/documents/ishr_simpleguide_eng_final_final_dec15.pdf
- Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970), Accessed September 20, 2021.
- Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Accessed September 20, 2021.
- Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965, Accessed September 20, 2021
- Pillay, Navanethem. Strengthening the United Nations human rights treaty body system: A report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2012. Accessed September 8, 2021.Available at: http//www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/HRTD/docs/HCReportTBStrengthening.pdf.
- Statute of the International Law Commission 1947, Accessed October 2, 2021.
- Treaty of Westphalia Accessed September 28, 2021.
- UN Treaty Body Database, Accessed July 6, 2021.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights Accessed July 5, 2021.