J. G. J. G. Merrills, A. H. Robertson

Human rights in the world

An introduction to the study of the international protection of human rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Human rights occupy a key place in international law and relations. Understanding their significance involves knowing what the current guarantees of human rights are, and how the arrangements for protecting them work. This text offers a broad survey outlining the main human rights instruments and describing how they are implemented in the United Nations, through regional institutions, in specialized agencies and elsewhere. It covers many recent developments and shows that, despite important limitations, human rights law has significant achievements and even greater potential. Substantially rewritten and updated to take into account the ending of the Cold War, this fourth edition includes such issues as the War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the convention on the Rights of the Child and the role of UN Commissioner for Human Rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780719049231
• ISBN-10: 0719049237
• Artikelnr.: 21424663

Autorenporträt

The late A.H. Robertson was Director of Human Rights, Council of Europe. J. G. Merrills is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Sheffield

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
International concern with human rights
The United Nations and human rights I: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The United Nations and human rights II: other instruments and procedures
Human rights in Europe I: the European Convention on Human Rights
Human rights in Europe II: other instruments and procedures
The American Convention on Human Rights
Regional co-operation on human rights elsewhere
Economic, social and cultural rights
Humanitarian law
International human rights law today and tomorrow
Index