Papers and working documents from a symposium sponsored by Unesco and held in Paris, Dec. 8-11, 1980.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Jean Fernand-Laurent -- Perception and practice of human rights in a peripheral urban community / ENDA -- The fourth world and human rights / Georges de Kerchove and Henri de Soos -- The poorest of the poor in the city / Joseph Wresinski -- The African immigrant population of Paris / Tacco Ndongo -- Economic, social, and cultural problems caused by rural depopulation in Latin America / Mario Ibarra -- The Zurich ombudsman / Jacques Vontobel -- The Paris ombudsman / Michel Junot -- Three case studies / J. Brian Morgan -- Final report / Jean Fernand-Laurent.