Human Rights: International Protection, Monitoring, Enforcement

Human Rights: International Protection, Monitoring, Enforcement

by JanuszSymonides (Author)

Synopsis

The series of volumes prepared by UNESCO for teaching human rights at higher education level comes to a successful conclusion with the publication of this volume. Human Rights: International Protection, Monitoring, Enforcement takes an institutional approach to the international protection of human rights, examining first the United Nations system, which may be seen as universal, and then analysing regional systems of protection. An indispensable source of information on the protection of human rights, the volume can also be employed as a practical guide to the use of existing procedures in the defence of human rights.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Published: 04 Nov 2003

ISBN 10: 0754623025
ISBN 13: 9780754623021

Media Reviews
'...the standard of contributions to this volume is high...as a starting point for looking at broad principles and practices of enforcement this book is very useful...' Just News 'The 12 contributors in this outstanding UNESCO volume provide a wide-ranging survey...Highly recommended.' ChoiceReviews.online ' ...envisaged as a practical guide to using human rights procedures. The background of the contributors as academics as well as advocates greatly assists this aim. In fact, the general descriptive tone of the articles...has the advantage of providing lecturers with good tips on approaching human rights bodies.' Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict '...excellent overview of the various international and national institutions concerned with the protection and promotion of human rights...ideal textbook for human rights education at any educational level.' German Yearbook of International Law
Author Bio
Janusz Symonides, University of Warsaw, Poland Zdzislaw Kedzia, Lee Swepston, Karl Josef Partschk, Klaus Hufner, Maxime Tardu, Hugo Caminos, Daniel D.C. Don Nanjira, Bahey el Din Hassan, Jean-Bernard Marie, William A. Schabas, Katarina Tomasevski, Michael Kirby,,Laurie S. Wiseberg.