Andrew Clapham and Susan Marks present a wide-ranging survey of the scope and significance of international human rights law. Arranged thematically in alphabetical format, it side-steps the traditional categories of human rights law, to investigate rights in the specific contexts in which they are invoked, debated and considered.

Arms -- Children -- Culture -- Death penalty -- Democracy -- Detention -- Development -- Disability -- Disappearance -- Education -- Fair trial -- Food -- Globalisation -- Health -- Housing -- International crimes -- Media -- Privacy -- Protest -- Racism -- Religion -- Sexuality -- Terrorism -- Torture -- Universality -- Victims -- Women -- Work.