The topic of your final paper is Human Rights Violations.

This is a broad topic which you will have to narrow down to one country. You are allowed to choose any country on Earth except Turkey.

• Find the list of countries where human rights are violated here: http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/countries. Choose one country.

• Describe the country and its involvement with human rights protection.

• Describe the violations of human rights in the country.

• Analyze the violations in connection with one of the following: culture and family life, media, religion, health, national and international law.

Research Paper Outline

1. Introduction

2. Concept of Human Rights

a) History

b) United Nations Charter

c) Substantive Rights

3. Country’s Background in Human Rights Protection (UN, international organizations, treaties)

4. Human Rights Violations in the Country

a) (Violation 1)

b) (Violation 2)

c) (Violation 3)

5. Analysis

6. Conclusion

Recommended Reading

- Donnelley, Jack. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. Berkeley: University of California Press.

- Ishay, Micheline. 2004. ‘What are human rights? Six historical controversies’, Journal of Human Rights 3(3): 359-371.

Goldstein, Joshua S. Human Rights. In ‘International Relations’, 264-279. Boston: Pearson, 2012.

- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.