Chapter 2 Web links

This chapter reviews the historical origins of contemporary human rights. The following websites contain original texts and information on associated material.

• The British Library site containing a translation of the text of the Magna Carta and associated information
• National Records of Scotland: The Declaration of Arbroath
• Declaration on the Rights of Man (in English).
• US National Archives and Records Administration
• The Constitution of the United States of America
• The Bill of Rights of the United States of America
• US Government Publishing Office
• Website of the French National Assembly(English language) with the text of the Constitution

The following websites link to organizations still in existence today which have considerable impact on international human rights and predate the United Nations.

• International Committee of the Red Cross (humanitarian law)
• The International Labour Organisation