This document provides a brief overview of the history and development of international human rights, beginning with ancient codes like the Ten Commandments and Code of Hammurabi, through milestone documents like the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and Geneva Conventions. It also summarizes four major theories about international relations and provides links to information about the League of Nations, United Nations, international law, and the definition of genocide under the Genocide Convention. The document concludes with references related to the conflict in Darfur.

1. International Human Rights Gregory Barry June 10, 2010 To Follow Along, Go To:

2. A Brief History Ten Commandments Code of Hammurabi Magna Carta England Bill of Rights France: Rights of Man and Citizen Declaration of Independence/Bill of Rights Geneva Conventions Hague Convention League of Nations

3. League of Nations Membership http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations

4. United Nations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veto_power_in_the_UN_Security_Council

5. Four Theories Realism Institutionalism Constructivism Liberalism

6. What is International Law International Customary Law http://www.icrc.org/eng/customary-law Treaties http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ The U.N. Charter http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/ International Bill of Human Rights http://www.un-documents.net/a3r217.htm

7. Darfur

8. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Article II Genocide is any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group Causing serious bodily injury Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

9. References http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May-June_2005/0505014.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_OsQFuE5ho http://www.sandandsorrow.org/viewclips.html