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Author:   Manfred Nowak
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   14
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.840kg
ISBN:  

9789004136588

ISBN 10:   9004136584
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 February 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1.WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS?, 2. HlSTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 3. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION - CONTEXT AND CONCEPTIONS, 4. UNITED NATIONS, 5. COUNCIL OF EUROPE (CoE), 6. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS), 7. ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY (OAU)/AFRICAN UNION (AU), 8. ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE), 9. EUROPEAN UNION (EU), 10. EFFORTS OF OTHER REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS, 11. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS), 12. TRADITIONAL PROCEDURES AND MECHANISMS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 13. SHORTCOMINGS OF TRADITIONAL PROCEDURES AND NEW TRENDS IN THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME, 14. MECHANISMS FOR THE PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, 15. INDIVDUAL CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, 16. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND SECURITY, 17. CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE.

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'...an up-to-date and well-structured guide to human rights law...' German Yearbook of International Law, Volume 47, 2004.

'...an up-to-date and well-structured guide to human rights law...' German Yearbook of International Law, Volume 47, 2004.

Author Information

Manfred Nowak is Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights at the University of Vienna, UN expert on enforced disappearances, judge at the Human Rights Chamber for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo and chairperson of the European Master Programme on Human Rights and Democratization in Venice. He finished this textbook in June 2003 during his function as Olof Palme Visiting Professor at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the University of Lund.

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