TY - BOOK AU - Cartwright,Rita Cantos AU - Conde,H.Victor TI - Human rights in the United States: a dictionary and documents AV - KF4747 .H863 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Santa Barbara, California PB - ABC-CLIO KW - Human rights KW - United States KW - Dictionaries KW - History KW - Sources N1 - 1 (pages 909-914) and index; 2 N2 - This book provides a documents section containing 59 conventions, treaties, and protocols related to the most up-to-date international action on ethnic cleansing, freedom of expression and religion, and violence against women. It offers 240 dictionary entries of human rights terms--ranging from asylum to cultural relativism to hate crimes to torture. Each entry discusses the significance of the term, gives examples, and cites appropriate documents and court decisions ER -