Professor Barbara J. Stark was a contributor and Senior Editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Human Rights, which has been awarded the prestigious 2010 Dartmouth Medal. Professor Stark contributed two articles on Women's Rights and The Economic Covenant.

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