This handbook is written for journalists who are reporting stories with human rights or humanitarian components.

Table of Contents

• How the Handbook Works
• How to reach the editor
• Acknowledgements
• International Law

1. Human Rights (+ UN system)

• What are human rights?
• The International Bill of Human Rights
• The Right to Property
• The United Nations System as it Pertains to Human Rights
• The Status of International Human Rights Instruments
• Special Rapporteurs/Representatives/Experts and Chairs of Working Groups of the Special Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights & of the Advisory Services Programme

2. Humanitarian Law (+ ICRC, landmines, individual criminal responsibility & war crimes)

• International Humanitarian Law (Winquist Galbe)
• The Individual and International Criminal Responsibility (includes war crimes and crimes against humanity)
• International Tribunals
• Landmines & ICRC country lists concerning same

3. Freedom of Expression and Participation (+ elections; Nobel)

• Hate Speech and War Propaganda
• What Makes an Election Fair
• Nobel Peace Prize & 1997 prize-winner profile (re: East Timor)

4. Disasters and War (+ insurance, safety, conflict profiles)

• An Invited Comment on Foreign Journalists Reporting Disasters (Cater)
• Natural Disasters (IDNDR and various)
• Safety (CPJ)
• Insurance & Safety (HMT)
• Conflict Profiles (SIPRI; Parker and Heindel)

5. Migrants (+ refugees)

• Migrants
• Refugee Protection

6. Minorities, Indigenous, and Tribal Peoples

• Minorities; Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
• Minorities and Indigenous populations within the Commonwealth of Independent States

7. Women / Children (+ rights; labour; armed conflict)

• Women / Children

8. Thesaurus
9. Country Profiles
10. Address Book

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