I. The setting : Introduction -- Towards a definitation and protection of human rights -- Structuring democratic pluralism and the self-determination of peoples -- South Africa as a microcosm of the "First" and "Third" Worlds -- II. South Africa condemned : South African politics and "apartheid" -- South African economics and education and "apartheid" -- South African society and "apartheid" -- III. The United Nations and South Africa : Human rights and intervention in the domestic affairs of countries -- Recognition of "national liberation movements" -- The crime of "apartheid" -- IV. The multinational corporations and the question of black wages in South Africa : Introduction -- Black wages in South Africa -- Wage restraint in Africa and the effects of higher wages on economies -- Income inequility and wage discrimination -- The "high" profitability of companies in South Africa -- Trade Union -- Evaluation -- V. The standards of living of South African blacks in "Second " and "Third" world contexts : Introduction -- Comparative political and civil rights -- Comparative socio-economic conditions -- Comparative educational conditions -- VI. Summary and conclusion -- VII. Quoted sources