International Human Rights: Documentary Supplement - Softcover

Richard B. Lillich, Hurst Hannum, S. James Anaya, Dinah Shelton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735589046 ISBN 13: 9780735589049

Publisher: Aspen Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

<p> <b>International Human Rights: Documentary Supplement</b> 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. </p> <p> <b>These documents include not only United Nations human rights treaties, but also:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>Key ILO and UNESCO documents </b> </li> <li> <b>The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court</b> </li> <li> Extracts from the <b>1949 Geneva Conventions on prisoners of war and protection of civilians </b> </li> <li> <b>The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights</b> </li> <li> Regional materials, including <b>human rights treaties</b> of the <b>Council of Europe</b>, the <b>Organization of American States</b>, and the <b>African Union</b> </li> <li> <b>The 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples </b> </li> <li> <b>The Arab Charter on Human Rights </b> </li> <li> <b>United States legislation</b> linking economic and military assistance to human rights </li> <li> <b>A companion CD containing numerous additional materials, including:</b> <ul> <li> Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights </li> <li> Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture </li> <li> Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child </li> <li> Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities </li> <li> Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners </li> <li> Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty </li> <li> Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

About this edition

• Publisher: Aspen Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0735589046
• ISBN 13: 9780735589049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288