Basic Documents on Human Rights - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019924944X ISBN 13: 9780199249442

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This is the eagerly awaited new edition of the established text Basic Documents on Human Rights which is an essential resource for all undergraduate students. The book provides an extensive collection of key documents and covering all elements of the subject, e.g. the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, 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.
Forty new or amended instruments are featured in this edition and coverage of the new treaties and conventions includes; the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious, or Linguistic Minorities, new treaties in emerging areas such as bio-ethics and a variety of additional protocols including those on civil and political rights, women and children. A new section of the text identifies the current number of States parties and directs the reader to the internet and other sources providing access to the latest information on ratifications, reservations and declarations.

About this title

About the Author

Mr Ian Brownlie CBE QC is a Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London, Chichele Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Guy S Goodwin-Gll is Professor of International Refugee Law at the University of Oxford, President of the Refugee Legal Centre, London and Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019924944X
• ISBN 13: 9780199249442
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 916
• Editor: Brownlie Ian, Goodwin-Gill Guy S