Basic documents on human rights - Hardcover

Ian Brownlie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198761244 ISBN 13: 9780198761242

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1981

Synopsis

This new edition of the established text Basic Documents on Human Rights provides an extensive collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, accompanied by authoritative commentary and annotation. The result is a clear and accurate account of the most important human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations and its agencies, by regional organisations and other actors in the field.

About this title

About the Author

The Late Sir Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC was a Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London. He is also Chichele Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford, a Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Former Member and Chairman of the International Law Commission.

Guy S. Goodwin-Gill is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and a Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London.

Review

Review from previous edition: "Although there are a number of books containing the vast array of international and regional human rights treaties and instruments, this text has always been and remains the most comprehensive and coherent collection." --Steve Foster, Coventry University, The Law Teacher, Volume 41 Number 1

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198761244
• ISBN 13: 9780198761242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 505