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This text offers a broad survey outlining human rights instruments and describing how they are implemented in the United Nations, through regional institutions, in specialized agencies and elsewhere. This fourth edition has been updated to include the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

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Preface**International concern with human rights**The United Nations and human rights I: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights**The United Nations and human rights II: other instruments and procedures**Human rights in Europe I: the European Convention on Human Rights**Human rights in Europe II: other instruments and procedures**The American Convention on Human Rights**Regional co-operation on human rights elsewhere**Economic, social and cultural rights**Humanitarian law**International human rights law today and tomorrow**Index

Human Rights in the World An Introduction to the

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 10/17/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719049231, 978-0719049231
      ISBN10: 0719049237

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      Book Synopsis
      This text offers a broad survey outlining human rights instruments and describing how they are implemented in the United Nations, through regional institutions, in specialized agencies and elsewhere. This fourth edition has been updated to include the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

      Table of Contents
      Preface**International concern with human rights**The United Nations and human rights I: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights**The United Nations and human rights II: other instruments and procedures**Human rights in Europe I: the European Convention on Human Rights**Human rights in Europe II: other instruments and procedures**The American Convention on Human Rights**Regional co-operation on human rights elsewhere**Economic, social and cultural rights**Humanitarian law**International human rights law today and tomorrow**Index

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