The universality of the concept of human rights, L.Henkin; human rights, the national interest, and US foreign policy, J.J.Shestack; human rights in the Reagan era - acceptance in principle, A.Neier; human rights as an international issue, L.I.Shelley; the right to life and Latin American penal systems, E.R.Zaffaroni; human rights and the UN committee of crime prevention and control, R.S.Clark; Glasnost - the dawn of freedom?, R.Schifter; Perestroika, socialism, and the constitution, V.Chalidze; civil rights in the Soviet Union, A.Vaksberg; assessing Israel's record on human rights, R.J.Simon; the role of science and scientists in human rights, C.Corillon; homeless children - Philadelphia as a cases study, E.R.Fox and Lisa Roth.
