text: (a) Volume I, Human Rights; International and Regional Instruments is a compendium of international and regional human rights conventions, translated into Arabic. The preface was written by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General Jan Martenson; (b) Volume II, Human Rights: Studies on International and Regional Instruments contains studies and explanatory reports and analyses of international and regional instruments; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/4 paqe 3 (c) Volume III; Human Rights; Applications in the Arab World contains reports on special applications of internationally protected human rights within the Arab world, with specific reference to the Constitutions of the Arab States and laws. Its introduction has statements by King Hussein of Jordan and Prime Minister Mahdi of the Sudan; (d) Volume IV, Human Rights; Teaching Methods is a methods book on how to teach human rights (and its contents) in law schools, police academies, judicial institutes, military justice and other specialized institutions. 8. These four volumes are the first of their kind ever to be published in Arabic. The Institute has distributed over 1,000 copies of each volume to law professors, researchers, bar associations and law libraries throughout the Arab world. 9. A special publication, under the auspices of the Council of Europe, was released in September 1989. It contains the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Convention on Torture. It is the first Arabic translation and dissemination in book form of these instruments. The preface was written by the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Marcellino Oreja. 10. The proceedings of the conference entitled "The Protection of Human Rights in Comparative Criminal Proceedings; Egypt, France, the United States" (described below) was published in September 1989, in "8 Nouvelles Etudes Pénales". 11. The Institute also published the conclusions and recommendation of the conference entitled "Criminal justice reform and human rights education" (1985) 
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the publication of human rights materials, including international and regional instruments, studies, and reports. The publications seem to be aimed at promoting human rights education and awareness in the Arab world, and are likely intended for use by law professionals, academics, and other stakeholders. The content is primarily related to the promotion and protection of human rights, rather than other areas such as economic development or natural resources.