Basic Documents on Human Rights - Couverture rigide

Brownlie, Ian

 
9780198256830: Basic Documents on Human Rights

Synopsis

There is a constant public discussion of issues concerning civil liberties and human rights. Race relations, the equality of women, general issues of economic justice, labour relations, freedom of expression, the protection of privacy and many other questions will remain prominent in the forseeable future. This volume has been designed to provide a useful collection of sources on human rights in the form of a handbook. Coverage is given to recent United Nations declarations and conventions, European institutions and conventions, the contribution of the International Labour Organization and developments in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This new edition of the established text Basic Documents on Human Rights provides an extensive collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, accompanied by authoritative commentary and bibliographic annotation. The result is a clear and accurate set of the most important human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations and its agencies, by regional organizations and other actors in the field. This text contains the absolute essentials for a thorough study of human rights, mapping well onto both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It provides the convenience of an indispensable 'one-stop' collection for research and reference needs, with guidance from the leading experts in the field. Updated to include key new developments in human rights law such as Protocol 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights, amending the control system of the Convention; the optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (2002); Protocol to the African Charter on Human & People's Rights on Women in African States (2003). Online Resource Centre The fifth edition is also accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which features annotated links to relevant sites and documents, capitalising on the authors' expertise in the subject.

Biographie de l'auteur

The late Sir Ian Brownlie CBE QC was a Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London. He was also Chichele Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford, a Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a Former Member and Chairman of the International Law Commission. Guy S. Goodwin-Gill is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and a Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London.

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