Human Rights in Europe: A Study of the European Convention on Human Rights

A revised, updated, and expanded account of the Convention and its system. It explains the scope of the rights and freedoms which are guaranteed, then reviews the functions and activities of the Commission and Court of Human Rights, together with the role of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe when discharging its functions under the Convention. To add perspective, the first chapter provides a short historical overview of the Convention and the final chapter, as well as discussing the Convention's future, examines other arrangements which now exist for promoting and protecting human rights in Europe. Distributed in the US and Canada by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

J. G. Merrills is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Sheffield.

The late A. H. Robertson was Director of Human Rights, Council of Europe; Professor Associe, University of Paris I and Simon Visiting Professor at the University of Manchester.