This list was compiled based on recommendations from HRH faculty. Let us know if you have a book you think should be added to our list.
Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism by Michael Barnett
The Idea of Human Rights by Charles R. Beitz
Evil Men by James Dawes
What is the What by Dave Eggers
The Humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross by David Forsythe
On Human Rights by James Griffin
Justice in the Balkans: Prosecuting War Crimes in the Hague Tribunal by John Hagan
Inventing Human Rights: A History by Lynn Hunt
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History by Samuel Moyn
Making Sense of Human Rights by James Nickel
The Turbulent Decade: Confronting the Refugee Crises of the 1990s by Sadako Ogata
An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century by James Orbinski
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power
A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis by David Rieff
The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry
Dark Hope: Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine by David Shulman
The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions are Changing World Politics by Kathryn Sikkink
Condemned to Repeat?: The Paradox of Humanitarian Action by Fiona Terry
The Political Economy of Violence Against Women by Jacqui True