The aim of this study is to assess the extent to which international bodies responsible for the protection of human rights have recognized the sig nificance of ethnic conflict as a destabilizing force in both developing and industrialized countries The data consist of annual reports and summary records of the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights, its Sub- Commission, and three of the independent committees established by the United Nations to monitor states' compliance with multilateral treaties in the field of human rights.
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