Human Rights

International Development

Politics, Institutions & Processes: International

National Security/International Diplomacy

Ph.D. in International Studies, University of Denver

Susan Waltz, 2007. “U.S. Small Arms Policy: Having It Both Ways.” World Policy Journal vol. 24: 2, 67-80.

Susan Waltz and Lindsay Benstead, 2006. "When The Time is Ripe: The Struggle to Protect and Promote Human Rights in Morocco," in Human Rights in the Arab World, ed. By Anthony Chase and Amr Hamzawy. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Susan Waltz, 2004. “Universal Human Rights: The Contribution of Muslim States.” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 26:4, 799-844.

Susan Waltz, 2002. “Reclaiming and Rebuilding the History of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Third World Quarterly vol. 23:3, 437-448.

Susan Waltz, 2001. “Prosecuting Dictators: International Law and the Pinochet Case,” World Policy Journal vol. 18:2, 101-112.

Susan Waltz, 2001. “Universalizing Human Rights: The Role of Small States in the Construction of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Human Rights Quarterly vol. 23:1, 44-72.

Emergent Norms in International Relations: Regulating the Small Arms Trade.

Susan Waltz is a specialist in human rights and international affairs. She is author of Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics (1995), and she has recently published a series of articles on the historical origins of international human rights instruments and the political processes that produced them. This work calls attention to the contribution of small states to the development of human rights law. Alongside academic work, Professor Waltz has been active in human rights advocacy and non-profit governance. From 1993-1999 she served on Amnesty International's International Executive Committee and since 2000 has served on the national board of the American Friends Service Committee. She convenes a working group on military transfers for Amnesty International-USA and she has been involved with international efforts to promote an Arms Trade Treaty regulating the small arms trade. Professor Waltz received her PhD in International Studies from the University of Denver.

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Middle East Studies Association; American Political Science Association