Research Catalog

Title

International human rights in a nutshell / by Thomas Buergenthal, Dinah Shelton, David P. Stewart.

Author

Buergenthal, Thomas

Publication

St. Paul, MN : West Group, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shelton, Dinah
• Stewart, David P.

Description

xliii, 450 p.; 19 cm.

Summary

"A reliable source on international human rights law for students, practitioners, and professors. Provides an overview of the international, regional and domestic human rights systems. It includes developments at the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the context of applicable principles of international humanitarian law. Discover the history behind international human rights, including the institutional context from which they evolved. Features expert review of human rights norms and identifies new developments in this area. "--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Nutshell series

Uniform Title

Nutshell series

Alternative Title

International human rights

Subject

Human rights

Genre/Form

Study guides

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Historical antecedents of international human rights law -- The United Nations human rights system -- The European system for the protection of human rights -- The inter-American human rights system -- The African system of human and peoples' rights -- Humanitarian law -- The U.S. and international human rights -- Non-governmental human rights organizations.

ISBN

0314260145 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003267723

OCLC

• 50147974
• SCSB-10258057

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library