• DUNNE, Tim – HANSON, Marianne (2009). “Human Rights in International Relations”. In: GOODHART, Michael (ed.). Human Rights. Politics & Practice. Oxford: Oxford UP, pp. 59–72. (14 pages)
• DONNELLY Jack (2013). Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. 3^rd ed., Ithaca: Cornell UP, pp. 161–196. (36 pages)

Following questions can structure your reading of both chapters.

After studying them, you will know answers to questions such as:

DUNNE – HANSON:

• What do theorists of international relations (IR) mean when talking about "anarchy"?
• What do realist IR theories think of human rights (HR) and why? Which concepts do they use?
• What do liberal IR theories think of human rights (HR) and why? Which concepts do they use?
• What do constructivist IR theories think of human rights (HR) and why? Which concepts do they use?
• How do respective IR theories approach moral basis of HR and role of international institutions in safaguarding HR compliance?
• Which trends enabled rise of HR in IR in 1970s?
• How would you compare position of HR in IR during the Cold War and post-Cold War period? 
• What has 9-11 changed in approach towards HR in IR?
• Why was the Helsinki Process important for furthering HR in IR?
• How does the important constructivist concept of the "norm cascade" work? Does its original version hold nowadays? 
• After the Cold War, we witnessed several interventions to internal affairs of states because of widespread HR violations - when and; why?
• Why are the post-Cold War interventions into state sovereignty criticized?
• What does R2P mean and what are its constitutive elements? 
• Why is R2P criticized?

DONNELLY:

• How would you classify international human rights regimes?
• How does the UN HR regime work? What are its main bodies and their powers?
• What are "UN treaty bodies" and what are their tasks? 
• What are the main differences between regional HR regimes? 
• How do you evaluate evolution of human rights regimes after WW2?