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With this book, the authors provide a practical, experience-based
guide for advocates seeking remedies for human rights violations
through the use of international institutions. They offer
step-by-step approaches for maximizing the institutions 'intended
effect' promotion of human rights at all levels. Since 1948, when
the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, mechanisms for addressing human rights violations have
multiplied to include UN Charter based bodies, treaty-based
organizations including the international criminal court, and
regional institutions. Each mechanism has its own admissibility
requirements: accreditation, timeliness of claims and exhaustion of
remedies. For practitioners, the maze of rules and institutions can
be difficult to navigate. The authors are able to offer guidance on
how to work within international criminal and human rights
mechanisms in a way that is useful to non-government actors and
applies to English-speaking practitioners almost anywhere on the
globe. These pages will serve as an indispensable manual for human
rights practitioners, defenders and lawyers, members of
non-governmental organizations engaged in advocacy and the
students, scholars and faculty of law schools.
With this book, the authors provide a practical, experience-based
guide for advocates seeking remedies for human rights violations
through the use of international institutions. They offer
step-by-step approaches for maximizing the institutions 'intended
effect' promotion of human rights at all levels. Since 1948, when
the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, mechanisms for addressing human rights violations have
multiplied to include UN Charter based bodies, treaty-based
organizations including the international criminal court, and
regional institutions. Each mechanism has its own admissibility
requirements: accreditation, timeliness of claims and exhaustion of
remedies. For practitioners, the maze of rules and institutions can
be difficult to navigate. The authors are able to offer guidance on
how to work within international criminal and human rights
mechanisms in a way that is useful to non-government actors and
applies to English-speaking practitioners almost anywhere on the
globe. These pages will serve as an indispensable manual for human
rights practitioners, defenders and lawyers, members of
non-governmental organizations engaged in advocacy and the
students, scholars and faculty of law schools.
This one-of-a-kind dictionary provides a comprehensive breakdown of
terms employed in the discussion of international human rights law.
In addition to a list of definitions, this innovative volume also
includes an appendix featuring descriptions of major treaties,
documents, and other important human rights instruments, along with
references on how to locate them.Students and professors of
international, human rights and humanitarian law will find this
volume an indispensable resource, as will government officials and
other practitioners working with human rights issues. Contents:
Acknowledgements Guide to the Dictionary List of Abbreviations
Definitions Appendix
This one-of-a-kind dictionary provides a comprehensive breakdown of
terms employed in the discussion of international human rights law.
In addition to a list of definitions, this innovative volume also
includes an appendix featuring descriptions of major treaties,
documents, and other important human rights instruments, along with
references on how to locate them.Students and professors of
international, human rights and humanitarian law will find this
volume an indispensable resource, as will government officials and
other practitioners working with human rights issues. Contents:
Acknowledgements Guide to the Dictionary List of Abbreviations
Definitions Appendix
For more than half a century, the world community has sought to
codify a series of fundamental precepts intended to prevent such
abuses of human rights as torture, discrimination, starvation, and
forced eviction. The United Nations, other international
organizations, regional institutions, and governments have
developed various procedures for protecting against and providing
remedies for human rights violations."International Human Rights
Law" is a comprehensive introductory treatise, intended for all
concerned about this critical area of international law, including
students, lawyers, other advocates, teachers, and academics. The
book contains an overview of the development of human rights as a
domain of international law; a collection of brief summaries of
each of the rights specified in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other critical human rights instruments; and a review of
the national, regional, and international procedures for
implementing human rights precepts.The overview traces the history
of human rights, from early philosophical and religious ideas and
theories of natural law to modern formulations. The second section
provides concise summaries of the substantive principles of and
practices relevant to self-determination, equality, life, slavery,
torture, fair trial, detention, privacy, health, food, housing, and
clothing, as well as emerging rights such as sustainable
development, environmental health, peace, and security from
terrorism. A final section describes UN human rights procedures
(both Charter-based and treaty-based); criminal procedures;
African, European, inter-American, and other regional systems;
national institutions and processes, truth and reconciliation
commissions, and nongovernmental organizations. Throughout, example
cases are cited, and each chapter concludes with a list of the most
useful print and web resources.
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