The legal nature of international human rights /

The role and influence human rights in society has been enhanced by its association with international law and yet despite this legal springboard, the scope of its legal nature remains uncertain. By analysing the work of international human rights courts and treaty bodies alongside a brief historica...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Addo, Michael K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.
Series:International studies in human rights ; v. 104.
Subjects:
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol > (2007 March 30)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights > (1981 June 27)
American Convention on Human Rights > (1969 November 22)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981 June 27)
American Convention on Human Rights (1969 November 22)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30)
Human rights.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Menschenrecht
Mänskliga rättigheter.
Internationell rätt.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The indeterminacy of human rights
  • The evolution of human rights in International law
  • Human rights and the rule of law
  • United Nations human rights treaties
  • The European Convention on Human Rights
  • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
  • American Convention of Human Rights
  • Conclusions and implications of legalisation : a special regime?

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