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Title

An introduction to the international protection of human rights : a textbook / edited by Raija Hanski and Markku Suksi.

Publication

Turku/Åbo : Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Hanski, Raija
• Suksi, Markku, 1959-
• Åbo akademi (1918- ). Institutet för mänskliga rättigheter

Description

xii, 468 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

Discusses the international protection of human rights. Examines, inter alia, instruments of the UN and UN specialized agencies, the European Union, the Organization of African States, and nongovernmental organizations.

Subject

• Schuetz, Alb
• Human rights
• Human Rights

Genre/Form

• textbook.
• comment.
• manuel d'enseignement.
• commentaire.
• libro de texto.
• comentario.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

What are human rights? The concept of human rights and their extra-legal justification / Marek Piechowiak -- Human dignity and human rights / Jerzy Zajadło -- Internationalization of human rights and their juridization / Krzysztof Drzewicki -- Categories and beneficiaries of human rights / Allan Rosas and Martin Scheinin -- The United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Krzysztof Drzewicki -- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Manfred Nowak -- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Matthew Craven -- Special human rights treaties / Cees Flinterman and Catherine Henderson -- Extra-conventional standard-setting and implementation in the field of human rights / Cees Flinterman -- Human rights in the wider United Nations system / Anne Gallagher -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights / Markus G. Schmidt -- The standard-setting and supervisory system of the International Labour Organisation / Klaus Samson and Kenneth Schindler -- UNESCO and human rights / Fons Coomans -- The position of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in the human rights field / Sigrun I. Skogly -- United Nations human rights field operations / Anne Gallagher -- Promotion and protection of human rights within the European arrangements / J.G. Merrills -- The Council of Europe (I) : the European Convention on Human Rights / J.G. Merrills -- The Council of Europe (II) : the European Social Charter / David Harris -- The OSCE and human rights / María Amor Martín Estébanez -- The European Union and human rights / Lorna Woods -- The OAS system for the protection of human rights / Harmen van der Wilt and Viviana Krsticevic -- The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Cees Flinterman and Catherine Henderson -- Non-governmental actors in the field of human rights / Rachel Brett -- International human rights in national law / Martin Scheinin -- International mechanisms and procedures for implementation / Martin Scheinin -- Appendix: Major human rights NGOs -- Table of treaties.

ISBN

9521202475

OCLC

• 41650840
• SCSB-13280638

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Harvard Library