This book gives an overview of the establishment, dispersion and effects of human rights in Europe during the Cold War.

1. Cold War and Human Rights, Rasmus Mariager and Karl Molin PART 1: INCEPTION 2. Competition or Complement to Universal Human Rights? Perceptions of and positions on a European Convention for Human Rights, 1949-1952, Kjersti Brathagen 3. The British in Strasbourg: Negogiating the European Convention on Human Rights, Anne Deighton 4. Rights of the Refugee During the Cold War: A case study of Sweden 1945-1954, Cecilia Notini-Burch 5. "Universality Should Govern the Small World of Today": The Cold War and UN Human Rights Diplomacy, 1960-1968, Steven L. B. Jensen PART II: DISPERSION 6. The Helsinki Final Act, The Second Stage of Ostpolitik, and Human Rights in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland, Robert Brier 7. Sweden, Ostpolitik and the Collective and Individual Rights of European Citizens, 1969-1975, Aryo Makko 8. Propoganda Tools and Idealistic Goals: Britain and the Cold War Politics of Human Rights in the CSCE,1972-1973, Kai Hebel PART III: EFFECTS 9. Human-Rights Demagoguery Hostile to Detente: The German Democratic Republic and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1975-1989, Douglas Selvage 10. A Trap and a Chance: Basket III, Dissents and State Authorities in Communist Poland, Wanda Jarzabek 11. Counter Culture, Hegemony and Human Rights: Rights and Resistance under the Cold War, Ben Dorfman