This text discusses a number of problems and dilemmas which confront foreign policy-makers in the field of human rights. It also considers the place of human rights in the 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
