International Human Rights Law Documents

This accessible collection of important international human rights documents is an essential resource for students and researchers of international human rights law. In addition to standard instruments such as the Universal Declaration, the 1966 United Nations Covenants and the European Convention and its Protocols, the volume also features topics and documents such as all core UN human rights treaties and their protocols, key international labour instruments and the obligations of the global financial organisations and multi-national corporations. Taking a broad and historical approach, the collection also incorporates Inter-American, African, Asian and Arab instruments alongside older UN documents and numerous soft law documents. Its approach reflects the diverse nature of international human rights law and the courses which now seek to teach it. This book is also valuable for students of international law, global governance and other courses which discuss the law of international human rights.

Urfan Khaliq is a Professor at Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University. He has taught International Human Rights Law for over twenty years. He has published widely in the field and is the prize winning author of Ethical Dimensions of the Foreign Policies of the EU (Cambridge, 2008). Professor Khaliq has advised and worked on international human rights matters with international organisations and NGOs. He has also advised a number of governments on international human rights law issues