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