International Human Rights : Documentary Supplement 2009

International Human Rights: Documentary Supplement is an essential stand-alone reference for anyone teaching or practicing in this subject area. A compilation of the major global and regional texts on human rights and humanitarian law, it presents most of the texts in their entirety, with preambular and final provisions included.

These documents include not only United Nations human rights treaties, but also:

• Key ILO and UNESCO documents
• The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
• Extracts from the 1949 Geneva Conventions on prisoners of war and protection of civilians
• The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Regional materials, including human rights treaties of the Council of Europe, the Organization of American States, and the African Union
• The 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• The Arab Charter on Human Rights
• United States legislation linking economic and military assistance to human rights
• A companion CD containing numerous additional materials, including:
  • Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
  • Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
  • Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples