Sociology 325.02: Sociology of human rights
J. Hammond
Assignment 1, Part 2
Due March 13

     (Part of this is a repetition of assignment 1, part 1.  Use what
you did for that assignment as a base.)

     Read the International Bill of Rights.  It consists of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.  It appears in the appendix to
Nickel, _Making Sense of Human Rights_; in _Human Rights: A
Compendium of International Instruments_ (on reserve); and in several
other sources.  

     Identify a significant substantive right guaranteed by at least
one of these documents.  Discuss the obligations it imposes on
governments.  Propose one or more empirical indicators which would
enable you to judge whether a country honors this right or not. 
(That is, what evidence would you need to collect to determine
whether the country is honoring the right?)  Then, for one country,
present appropriate empirical evidence to evaluate whether it is
living up to its obligations.  

     Submit a paper of 2-3 typed, double-spaced pages, with
references (footnotes, endnotes, or parentheses) and bibliography. 
Return assignment 1, part 1 with this assignment.