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Each Yearbook is divided into three main parts reflecting on national and international developments, the work of specialized agencies, and activities of 缅北禁地supervisory bodies.

Part I reflects national measures submitted in government reports under the international human rights instruments. The material is arranged by country headings with subject headings as they relate to the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international instruments. Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories also report their measures in this section.  Part II reflects on the practice of United Nations supervisory bodies, while Part III gives an account of international developments and the work of United Nations organs who work in the field of human rights as well as the work of specialized agencies.

The Yearbook on Human Rights combines topical human rights issues and Member States contributions, as they pertain to the realization of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a given year. Published under strict guidelines of impartiality and objectivity, the volumes represent the activities of the United Nations over the span of four decades.

Digitzed series include:

  •  (39 languages)
  • (1994-1996)
  •  (1946-1993)
  •  (1948-2017)