The A to Z of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations follows major new developments in the arena of human rights since its publication including the emergence of terrorism and international responses to it the establishment of an international criminal court the evolution of regional human rights bodies in Africa Europe and Latin America and the proliferation of new nongovernmental organizations and foundations dedicated to the promotion of human rights. This is accomplished through a chronology an introduction appendixes photographs a bibliography and hundreds of crossreferenced dictionary entries covering many of the key treaties agreements and definitions of human rights concepts important humanitarian organizations whether private governmental national or international and significant persons and events.