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The many terms and legal expressions in the discourse of human rights are often unknown or misunderstood in their international context. Yet human rights have their ultimate expression in the international legal context: in international treaties, declarations, country-specific or thematic reports, decisions of administrative or quasi-judicial bodies, and court judgments, all of which employ legal terminology. The same is increasingly so in the national legal context, which looks to the international context as a source of law and legal interpretation. A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology is a much-needed tool that provides access to the developing language of human rights and aids in full comprehension of human rights theory and issues. In this convenient handbook almost eight hundred key terms and acronyms commonly used in international and national human rights discourse are defined in non-technical language. Included are definitions of foreign language terminology, including many Latin terms. A useful appendix contains the full text of the four principal international human rights instruments that constitute the International Bill of Rights, along with an internationally accepted list of the specific substantive human rights contained in those instruments. An accessible introduction for students and newcomers to the field of human rights, this handbook will also serve as an indispensable reference for specialists.

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Compact and comprehensive, Conde's work defines concisely nearly 800 terms that appear in human rights literature, ranging widely from the obscure to the used but unclear to terms common in English that have different meanings in international law... Conde's book is much more useful for human rights students than Black's Law Dictionary which omits, for example, genocide; its is broader than John S. Gibson's Dictionary of International Human Rights Law, which defines only 64 rights; it has many more but briefer entries than David Robertson's A Dictionary of Human Rights. Conde's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition ... --Choice Compact and comprehensive, Conde's work defines concisely nearly 800 terms that appear in human rights literature, ranging widely from the obscure to the used but unclear to terms common in English that have different meanings in international law... Conde's book is much more useful for human rights students than Black's Law Dictionary which omits, for example, genocide; its is broader than John S. Gibson's Dictionary of International Human Rights Law, which defines only 64 rights; it has many more but briefer entries than David Robertson's A Dictionary of Human Rights. Conde's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition ... --Choice Compact and comprehensive, Conde's work defines concisely nearly 800 terms that appear in human rights literature, ranging widely from the obscure to the used but unclear to terms common in English that have different meanings in international law... Conde's book is much more useful for human rights students than Black's Law Dictionary which omits, for example, genocide; its is broader than John S. Gibson's Dictionary of International Human Rights Law, which defines only 64 rights; it has many more but briefer entries than David Robertson's A Dictionary of Human Rights. Conde's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition ... --Choice Compact and comprehensive, Conde's work defines concisely nearly 800 terms that appear in human rights literature, ranging widely from the obscure to the used but unclear to terms common in English that have different meanings in international law... Conde's book is much more useful for human rights students than Black's Law Dictionary which omits, for example, genocide; its is broader than John S. Gibson's Dictionary of International Human Rights Law, which defines only 64 rights; it has many more but briefer entries than David Robertson's A Dictionary of Human Rights. Conde's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition ... --Choice Compact and comprehensive, Conde's work defines concisely nearly 800 terms that appear in human rights literature, ranging widely from the obscure to the used but unclear to terms common in English that have different meanings in international law... Conde's book is much more useful for human rights students than Black's Law Dictionary which omits, for example, genocide; its is broader than John S. Gibson's Dictionary of International Human Rights Law, which defines only 64 rights; it has many more but briefer entries than David Robertson's A Dictionary of Human Rights. Conde's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition ... --Choice Compact and comprehensive, Conde's work defines concisely nearly 800 terms that appear in human rights literature, ranging widely from the obscure to the used but unclear to terms common in English that have different meanings in international law... Conde's book is much more useful for human rights students than Black's Law Dictionary which omits, for example, genocide; its is broader than John S. Gibson's Dictionary of International Human Rights Law, which defines only 64 rights; it has many more but briefer entries than David Robertson's A Dictionary of Human Rights. Conde's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition ... --Choice

"""A timely and practical contribution to teachers and students of international human rights."" - The Law and Politics Review. ""Compact and comprehensive ... Conde's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition."" - Choice. ""A very helpful tool for better understanding of our international scene."" - International Journal on World Peace. ""The most comprehensive, accessible dictionary of human rights terms to date... What makes this handbook a significant contribution to the growing number of dictionaries and reference books on human rights and public international law is its accessibility to those who study and work in human rights outside of the academy and the international legal profession. The Handbook is accessible in its tone because a number of important concepts are defined with examples and are linked to related entries elsewhere in the book."" - Mark Massoud, International Journal on World Peace. ""The Handbook is a helpful, wide ranging aide to the study and understanding of human rights. It is designed for those just beginning their studies in human rights, especially to help them understand the sometimes complex language of human rights discourse... The wide selection of terms being defined should answer the needs of most students--and many practitioners."" - David E. Guinn, Human Rights and Human Welfare"

A timely and practical contribution to teachers and students of international human rights. - The Law and Politics Review. Compact and comprehensive ... Conde's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition. - Choice. A very helpful tool for better understanding of our international scene. - International Journal on World Peace. The most comprehensive, accessible dictionary of human rights terms to date... What makes this handbook a significant contribution to the growing number of dictionaries and reference books on human rights and public international law is its accessibility to those who study and work in human rights outside of the academy and the international legal profession. The Handbook is accessible in its tone because a number of important concepts are defined with examples and are linked to related entries elsewhere in the book. - Mark Massoud, International Journal on World Peace. The Handbook is a helpful, wide ranging aide to the study and understanding of human rights. It is designed for those just beginning their studies in human rights, especially to help them understand the sometimes complex language of human rights discourse... The wide selection of terms being defined should answer the needs of most students--and many practitioners. - David E. Guinn, Human Rights and Human Welfare

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H. Victor Condé, a professor of international and comparative human rights law at Trinity Law School and a visiting lecturer in human rights at the University of California at Irvine, has published widely on human rights.

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