Human rights in the world by A H Robertson

Human rights in the world by A H Robertson

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This text offers a broad survey outlining human rights instruments and describing how they are implemented in the United Nations, through regional institutions, in specialized agencies and elsewhere. This fourth edition has been updated to include the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

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Human rights in the world by A H Robertson

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.
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
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ISBN 13 9780719049231
ISBN 10 0719049237
Title Human rights in the world
Author A H Robertson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Manchester University Press
Year published 1996-10-17
Number of pages 368
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