Overview

This book has a simple objective: to present the fundamentals of international human rights treaty law in a way that can be helpful to the national leader, official, or legal adviser whose duty it is to help put a human rights treaty regime into the law and practice in his or her country. It is a book of international law, as provided for in the principal international and regional human rights treaties and draws upon the jurisprudence and practice of their monitoring organs.

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Author:   Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   106
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9789004176089

ISBN 10:   900417608
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   14 February 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword J.Th. Möller Introduction Chapter One: The Nature and Characteristics of International Human Rights Treaty Law Chapter Two: The Requirement of a National Protection System Chapter Three: Democracy and the Rule of Law Chapter Four: Human Rights in Times of Crises or Emergencies Chapter Five: Preventive Strategies: Obligations to Prevent under International Human Rights Treaties and Jurisprudence Chapter Six: The Duty to Respect, Protect and Ensure Chapter Seven: The Duty to Provide Redress Chapter Eight: The Essence of Supervision in Reporting Systems Chapter Nine: The Essence of Petitions and Fact-finding Procedures Chapter Ten: Universality, Equality and Justice Conclusion Appendix I General Comment No. 31 of the Human Rights Committee Appendix II General Comment No. 33 of the Human Rights Committee Appendix III The Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Appendix IV The Siracusa Principles Appendix V The Council of Europe and the Rule of Law Bibliography; Index.

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Dr. Bertrand G. Ramcharan Ll.M (LSE), Ph.D. (LSE), Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn), Distinguished Fellow, Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham. Previously: First Swiss Chair of Human Rights, Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Chancellor of the University of Guyana and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights a.i.

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