International Human Rights: Official U.S. Policy


Official U.S. Policy
Websites
U.S. Department of State: The U.S. and the Organization of American States The U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS).
U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs is responsible for managing and promoting U.S. interests in the region.
U.S. State Department human rights page. Contains links to the State Department's human rights country reports.
Articles, Book Chapters, and Conference Papers
Carleton, David, and Michael Stohl. "The Foreign Policy of Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan." Human Rights Quarterly v7 n1 (1985):205-29. Carleton, David, and Michael Stohl. "The Role of Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Assistance Policy: A Critique and Reappraisal." American Journal of Political Science v31 n4 (1987):1002-18. Hartmann, Hauke. "US Human Rights Policy under Carter and Reagan, 1977-1981." Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 23, Number 2, May (2001). Available online: subscription or university password may be required
Books and Monographs
Danner, Mark. Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror, New York Review Books, USA, 2004.
Hersh, Seymour M. Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, HarperCollins, USA, 2004.
Liang Fenton, Debra, ed. Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy: Agendas, Policies, and Practices, United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D.C., 2004.
McCoy, Alfred. A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror, Metropolitan Books, USA, 2006.
Media