Research Catalog

Title

Human rights : the Cape Town Conference : (proceedings of the first International Conference on Human Rights in South Africa, 22-26 January 1979) / edited by C.F. Forsyth, J.E. Schiller.

Author

International Conference on Human Rights in South Africa (1st : 1979 : Cape Town)

Publication

Cape Town : Juta, 1979.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Forsyth, C. F.
• Schiller, J. E.

Description

xi, 304 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Civil rights > Congresses
• Civil rights > South Africa > Congresses
• Civil rights
• Menschenrecht
• South Africa
• Human rights
• South Africa
• Südafrika
• Südafrika (Staat)

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

• Human rights : the road ahead / [M.M. Corbett] -- The concept of human rights : its history, contents and meaning / [J.D. van der Vyver] -- The social foundations of human rights : the problem of developing and plural societies / [Lawrence Schlemmer] -- Panel discussion on the concept of human rights and the social foundations thereof / panelists: B. Zylstra, N.J. Rhoodie, P.K. Amoah, A. Vilikazi -- Perceptions of racial inequality in South Africa / [H.W. van der Merwe] -- Human rights and the principle of racial equality / [Charles V. Hamilton] -- Panel discussion on the principle of equality / panelists: W.H.B. Dean, L.M. du Plessis, D. Davis, J.D. Sinclair, S. Sithole, Catherine Blackwell -- The relationship between state sovereighty and human rights / [Karl Doehring]
• The rights of wage-earners : of human rights and international labour standards / [William Gould] -- Panel discussion on the rights of the wage-earner / panelists: H. Cheadle, G. Budlender, A. Boraine, L. Morrison, N. Dhlamini -- South Africa and the American experience / [Jack Greenberg] -- Procedural human rights / [Richard B. Lillich] -- State security and human rights : the Israeli experience / [Amnon Rubinstein] -- Panel discussion on procedural human rights and state security and human rights / panelists: R. Tucker, K.J. Renene, J.H. van Rooyen, Helen Suzman, C.F. Forsyth, D.H. van Wyk -- The protection of human rights in municipal law / [James S. Read] -- Protecting human rights in the administrative state / [Walter Gellhorn] -- Panel discussion on human rights and the administrative state and the protection of human rights in municipal law / panelists: A. Rabie, L. Dison, G. Devenish, J.F. Malherbe
• Humanitarian law and human rights / [G.I.A.D. Draper Obe] -- The International Red Cross and the protection of human rights / [Michel Veuthey] -- Panel discussion on humanitarian law and human rights and the International Red Cross / panelists: K. Stuart, S.C. Jacobs, A.C. Cilliers, R. Schaffer -- International instruments for the protection of human rights / [Louis Henkin] -- The system of the protection of human rights within the framework of the Council of Europe / [Felix Ermacora] -- Panel discussion on the European Convention of Human Rights and on human rights and international law / panelists: B. Ranchod, A. Drzemczewski, J. Dugard, M. Wiechers, J.E. Schiller -- Freedom of the press / [Anthony Lewis] -- Panel discussion on the freedom of the press / panelists: A.T. Myburgh, B. van Niekerk, K. Stuart -- Human rights in South Africa : retrospect and prospect / [John Dugard] -- Panel discussion on human rights : retrospect and prospect / panelists: A.S. Mathews, H. Booysen, E.W. Wentzel, E. Kahn, G. Pitje -- First conference review / [S. Kentridge].

ISBN

• 0702110183
• 9780702110184

LCCN

80480637

OCLC

• ocm06490382
• 6490382
• SCSB-27436

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library