The Human Rights Covenants at 50 - Their Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover)

Half a century ago, on 16 December 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). While the adoption of the two UN human rights covenants was celebrated all over the world, their 50th anniversary has received very little attention from the international community. The present book marks this anniversary by taking stock of the first half-century of the existence of what are probably the world's two most important human rights treaties. It does so by reflecting on what the covenants have achieved (or failed to achieve) in the years that have passed, by determining and comparing their current influence in the various regions of the world, and by assessing their potential roles in the future. The book contains papers that were presented during a symposium held in Zurich in 2016, which brought together experts and stakeholders from a range of disciplines and world regions. Some fundamental issues that are addressed by the contributors are as old as the two covenants themselves. They concern, for example, the division of human rights into first- and second-generation rights, and the question of whether there should be one central monitoring body - possibly a world court - or more than just one. However, the contributors go beyond such questions that have been explored before; they develop new answers to old questions and point to new challenges.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2018
Editors:	Daniel Moeckli (Assistant Professor of Public International Law and Constitutional Law) • Helen Keller (Professor of Public Law, European and Public International Law and Judge) • Corina Heri (Postdoctoral researcher)
Dimensions:	243 x 164 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	394
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-882589-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Financial crises & disasters Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International environmental law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International economic & trade law > General
LSN:	0-19-882589-7
Barcode:	9780198825890

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