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, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shelton, Dinah
• Stewart, David P.

Description

xliii, 553 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 reviews recent developments in the field of international humanitarian law, including through decisions of the ad hoc tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the establishment of the International Criminal Court. 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.--

Series Statement

West Nutshell series

Alternative Title

International human rights

Subject

Human rights

Genre/Form

• Study aids.
• 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 and other regional systems -- International humanitarian law -- The United States and international human rights -- Non-governmental human rights organizations.

ISBN

9780314184801

OCLC

• 457152764
• SCSB-10138301

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library