Documents

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
• International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)

Articles

• Human Rights and Human Dignity. Simple idea, but hard to realize. Hjorth, Lillian (2015), Menneskerettigheter og aktivisme, Aktive Fredsforlag 
• The Lowest Common Denominator. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Hjorth, Lillian (2015), Menneskerettigheter og aktivisme, Aktive Fredsforlag

Web-resources

• UN. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• UN. Protect Human Rights:

Films

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2017) (6 min)
• The story of human rights (Youth for Human Rights, 2009) (10 min)
• The Human Rights Treaty Body system (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 2015). This film presents the work of the UN treaty body system which monitors the implementation by states of the core international human rights treaties. (39 min)

“Human rights are the foundation for humanity’s existence... Human rights are what makes us human.” Quote: Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General