Basic Documents on Human Rights - Couverture souple

Brownlie, Ian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019924944X ISBN 13 : 9780199249442

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019924944X
• ISBN 13: 9780199249442
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 916
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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