Brownlie's Documents on Human Rights

6. Revised Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-956404-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 1638 g

* Contains an unrivalled array of materials invaluable for a thorough study of human rights, providing students and practitioners with an indispensable resource for research
* Provides a clear account of the most important human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations, UN agencies, and regional organizations
* Fully revised to reflect the latest developments, taking account of new instruments, judicial interpretation, and academic commentary

New to this edition

* Fully updated to provide a truly comprehensive reference resource, now including (amongst other new additions): the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006; the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006; the European Convention on Access to Officials Documents, 2009; the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons, 2009; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, 2007; the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights Terms of Reference, 2009
* Accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, featuring annotated links to relevant sites and documents, tables of ratification by State and treaty, as well as additional United Nations and regional material and materials on human rights and the human genome

Brownlie's 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 ist agencies, by regional organisations, and other actors in the field. This text contains the 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, for practitioners and students alike, with guidance from the leading experts in the field.

Zielgruppe

Law undergraduates taking a human rights option as part of their degree, LLM students studying human rights, and practitioners working in the area of human rights law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brownlie, the late Ian

Goodwin-Gill, Guy S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.: Standard-setting by the United Nations organisation
2.: Implementation and standard-setting in conventions sponsored by the United Nations
3.: Contribution of the International Labour Organization
4.: Contribution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
5.: Europe
6.: Americas
7.: Africa
8.: Arab and other Islamic States
9.: Asia
10.: The concept of equality

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by the late Ian Brownlie, Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford (Emeritus), Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Former Member and Chairman of the International Law Commission, and Guy S Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, and Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London