TitleWHAT SHOULD BE A LEGITIMATE AGENDA RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS? Interconnectedness around the world produces a new agenda of international issues affecting both powerful and less powerful countries (Lamy, 2001a, 2006b: 213). The effects are widespread and these problems could only be solved through international cooperation (Greene, 2006: 452). This article seeks to consider four issues that are legitimate on the human rights agenda in international relations. Scholars of international relations and human rights argue from different perspectives on a wide range of political issues. These include: global environmental concerns (including nuclear issues); the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS; legal and illegal migration, including refugee movements (Roberts, 2010; Haour-knipe, 2008); the gap between North and South in terms of access and use of resources; democratization and the full range of human rights, from civil and political rights to the right to development; the reform of the United Nations and its agencies and the expansion of international law and the prosecution of crimes against humanity, whether involving terrorism, religious fundamentalism or internationally organized activities ranging from drug production and trafficking to money laundering and smuggling of all types of goods including weapons, diamonds and endangered species and individuals (Lawson, 2002: 6). However, the main focus of arguments in this field is on human rights violations around the world. My contribution to the topic will be based on four themes for an agenda regarding human rights in international relations. The increase in war and crime around the world has led many people to flee their... middle of paper.... ...illegal coercion, usually implemented by government agents (Brysk, 2002), it is necessary to make the refugee movement a priority on the agenda. Likewise, HIV/AIDS is claiming more and more lives and many are becoming infected every day. Climate change is worth putting on the agenda, because if nothing is done to improve the environmental situation we may not have the natural resources necessary for life in the near future. There may be more people in the world living below the poverty line than we expected. This document also concludes that terrorism should be on the agenda because it continues to claim victims and many people around the world live in fear and anxiety. Terrorism undermines collective security and the protection of human dignity. World leaders should address it using various strategies and mechanisms and not just by declaring war on terrorism through dialogue.