Human Rights,International Protection,Monitoring,Enforcement - Hardcover

Symonides, Jaunsz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9231038834 ISBN 13: 9789231038839

Publisher: UNESCO

Synopsis

This is the third and last volume of UNESCO's series for teaching human right at the higher education level. It takes an institutional approach to the international protection of human rights, first examining the United Nations system and then analysing regional systems of protection. This is an indispensable source of information on the protection of human rights and a practical guide to the use of existing procedures in the defence of human rights.

About this title

About the Author

Janusz Symonides, University of Warsaw, Poland Zdzislaw Kedzia, Lee Swepston, Karl Josef Partschk, Klaus Hufner, Maxime Tardu, Hugo Caminos, Daniel D.C. Don Nanjira, Bahey el Din Hassan, Jean-Bernard Marie, William A. Schabas, Katarina Tomasevski, Michael Kirby,,Laurie S. Wiseberg.

Review

'...the standard of contributions to this volume is high...as a starting point for looking at broad principles and practices of enforcement this book is very useful...' Just News 'The 12 contributors in this outstanding UNESCO volume provide a wide-ranging survey...Highly recommended.' ChoiceReviews.online ' ...envisaged as a practical guide to using human rights procedures. The background of the contributors as academics as well as advocates greatly assists this aim. In fact, the general descriptive tone of the articles...has the advantage of providing lecturers with good tips on approaching human rights bodies.' Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict '...excellent overview of the various international and national institutions concerned with the protection and promotion of human rights...ideal textbook for human rights education at any educational level.' German Yearbook of International Law

Edition details

• Publisher: UNESCO
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9231038834
• ISBN 13: 9789231038839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 422