International Human Rights by S Anaya

International Human Rights by S Anaya

International Human Rights: Documentary Supplement is an essential stand-alone reference for anyone teaching or practicing in this subject area. A compilation of the major global and regional texts on human rights and humanitarian law, it presents most of the texts in their entirety, with preambular and final provisions included.

These documents include not only United Nations human rights treaties, but also:

• Key ILO and UNESCO documents
• The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
• Extracts from the 1949 Geneva Conventions on prisoners of war and protection of civilians
• The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Regional materials, including human rights treaties of the Council of Europe, the Organization of American States, and the African Union
• The 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• The Arab Charter on Human Rights
• United States legislation linking economic and military assistance to human rights
• A companion CD containing numerous additional materials, including:
  • Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
  • Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
  • Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Hurst Hannum is a Professor of Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He has been counsel in cases before European and Inter-American human rights bodies and is a member of the boards of Minority Rights Group International (London) and the International Service for Human Rights (Geneva). Hurst Hannum is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on international law and human rights and serves on editorial advisory boards of Human Rights Law Review and Human Rights Quarterly.