Research Catalog

Title

No distant millennium : the international law of human rights / John Humphrey.

Author

Humphrey, John P.

Publication

Paris : Unesco, 1989.

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Details

Description

204 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• United Nations
• United Nations
• Vereinte Nationen
• United Nations. General Assembly
• Human rights
• Human Rights
• Human rights
• Menschenrecht
• human rights
• international law
• role of UN
• minority group
• womens rights
• nongovernmental organization
• ILO mentioned
• droits de l'homme
• droit international
• rôle de l'ONU
• groupe minoritaire
• droits de la femme
• organisation non gouvernementale
• OIT mentionné
• derechos humanos
• derecho internacional
• papel de la ONU
• grupo minoritario
• derechos de la mujer
• organización no gubernamental
• mención de la OIT

Genre/Form

• UNESCO pub.
• reference.
• pub UNESCO.
• référence bibliographique.
• referencia.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Reasons for and the nature of the International Law of Human Rights -- Some definitions -- Historical perspective -- League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation -- Protection of minorities -- Catalyst of the Second World War and the Charter of the United Nations -- Human rights and the principal organs of the United Nations -- Commission on Human Rights -- Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities -- Commission on the Status of Women -- Specialized agencies -- Regional systems -- Role of non-governmental organizations -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- United Nations Covenants on Human Rights and the Optional Protocol -- Other conventions, declarations and institutions of the customary law relating to human rights -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9231026151
• 9789231026157

LCCN

90153389

OCLC

• ocm20851828
• 20851828
• SCSB-1746840

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library