| International human rights in context: law, politics, morals: text and materials HJ Steiner, P Alston, R Goodman Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 | 3036 | 2008 |
| The nature and scope of states parties' obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights P Alston, G Quinn Hum. Rts. Q. 9, 156, 1987 | 930 | 1987 |
| Conjuring up new human rights: a proposal for quality control P Alston American Journal of International Law 78 (3), 607-621, 1984 | 836 | 1984 |
| International Human Rights in Context: Law HJ Steiner, P Alston, R Goodman Politics, Morals 3, 1996 | 812 | 1996 |
| Ships passing in the night: the current state of the human rights and development debate seen through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals P Alston Human rights quarterly 27 (3), 755-829, 2005 | 757 | 2005 |
| International human rights P Alston, R Goodman American Chemical Society, 2013 | 674 | 2013 |
| ‘Core labour standards’ and the transformation of the international labour rights regime P Alston European journal of international law 15 (3), 457-521, 2004 | 573 | 2004 |
| The sources of human rights law: custom, jus cogens, and general principles B Simma, P Alston Aust. Ybil 12, 82, 1988 | 538 | 1988 |
| The United Nations and human rights: a critical appraisal P Alston, F Mégret OUP Oxford, 2013 | 480 | 2013 |
| The best interests principle: towards a reconciliation of culture and human rights P Alston International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 8 (1), 1-25, 1994 | 480 | 1994 |
| The EU and human rights P Alston, MR Bustelo, J Heenan Oxford university press, 1999 | 462 | 1999 |
| Non-state actors and human rights P Alston Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005 | 450 | 2005 |
| An ‘Ever Closer Union’in need of a human rights policy P Alston, JHH Weiler European Journal of International Law 9 (4), 658-723, 1998 | 420 | 1998 |
| A third generation of solidarity rights: progressive development or obfuscation of international human rights law? P Alston Netherlands international law review 29 (3), 307-322, 1982 | 419 | 1982 |
| Resisting the merger and acquisition of human rights by trade law: a reply to Petersmann P Alston European Journal of International Law 13 (4), 815-844, 2002 | 417 | 2002 |
| US ratification of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The need for an entirely new strategy P Alston American Journal of International Law 84 (2), 365-393, 1990 | 376 | 1990 |
| Out of the abyss: the challenges confronting the new un committee on economic, social and cultural rights P Alston Hum. Rts. Q. 9, 332, 1987 | 370 | 1987 |
| The best interests of the child: Reconciling culture and human rights P Alston (No Title), 1994 | 369 | 1994 |
| The future of UN human rights treaty monitoring P Alston, J Crawford Cambridge University Press, 2000 | 324 | 2000 |
| The populist challenge to human rights P Alston Journal of Human Rights Practice 9 (1), 1-15, 2017 | 302 | 2017 |
