An Introduction to International Human Rights Law (Brill's Paperback Collection) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004179720 ISBN 13: 9789004179721

Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff, 2010

Synopsis

This book is designed to provide an overview of the development and substance of international human rights law, and what is meant concretely by human rights guarantees, such as civil and political rights, and economic and social rights. It highlights the rights of women, globalization and human rights education. The book also explores domestic, regional and international endeavors to protect human rights. The history and role of human rights NGOs coupled with an analysis of diverse international mechanisms are succinctly woven into the text, which well reflects the scholarship and erudition of the authors. This lucidly written and timely volume will be of great help to anyone seeking to understand this area of law, be they students, lawyers, scholars, government officials, staff of international and non-international organizations, human rights activists or lay readers.

About this title

About the Author

Azizur Rahman Chowdhury is Professor in the Department of Law, Dhaka University. He has published many research articles. He has authored and co-edited a number of works on human rights, humanitarian law, commercial law and constitutional law.

Md. Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan teaches law in the Department of Law, ASA University Bangladesh. During his higher studies in Belgium he gained experience in legal practice with the lawyers of European countries. He is co-editor of International Humanitarian Law – An Anthology (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2009).

From the Back Cover

This book is designed to provide a precise concept of international human rights law, its development and the tangible meaning of human rights guarantee, such as civil and political rights, economic and social rights. It has highlighted the rights of women, globalization and human rights education. The book also contains a meaningful discussion of domestic, regional and international endeavors to protect human rights. The history and role of the human rights NGOs coupled with the explanation of diverse international mechanisms including the United Nations have been succinctly woven in the book. The scholarship and erudition of the authors has been well reflected in the book. The book will be of immense significance to the existing literature on the subject. This lucidly written and timely book will immensely help anyone seeking to understand this area of law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004179720
• ISBN 13: 9789004179721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Chowdhury Azizur Rahman, Bhuiyan Jahid Hossain