| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Regional organizations and human rights -- Regional instruments and domestic legal systems -- The regional institutions and their powers -- Complaint procedures -- Applying regional human rights instruments -- Jurisprudence on selected rights -- Responding to widespread violations -- Toward the future |
| Summary |
The international protection of human rights is generally recognized as a fundamental aim of modern international law. Even a cursory review of legal systems for the protection of human rights demonstrates the rapid expansion of this field since the end of World War II. During this period, nearly all global and regional organizations have adopted human rights standards and addressed human rights violations by member states. As a consequence, no state today can claim that its treatment of those within its jurisdiction is a matter solely of domestic concern. In Regional Protection of Human Right |
| Notes |
Accompanied by [v. 2] entitled Documentary supplement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxiv) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Human rights
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Menschenrecht
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Region
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Schutz.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wright-Carozza, Paolo
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| ISBN |
9780199982400 |
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0199982406 |
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1299708676 |
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9781299708679 |
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