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The UN Human Rights Treaty System: Law and Procedure (Bloomsbury Professional) (Paperback)
$148.04 - Save $7.79 (4%) - RRP $155.83 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The UN Human Rights Treaty SystemThe UN Human Rights Treaty System: Law and Procedure examines the core UN human rights treaties that form the framework of international human rights law.
Full description- Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
- Published: 31 July 2011
- Format: Paperback 550 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Political Structure & Processes | Jurisprudence | International Law | International Human Rights Law
- ISBN 13: 9781847661098 ISBN 10: 1847661092
- Sales rank: 587,987
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Full description for The UN Human Rights Treaty System
The UN Human Rights Treaty System: Law and Procedure examines the core UN human rights treaties that form the framework of international human rights law. This book describes the development of each treaty, along with the substantive rights enshrined in them, and analyses the nature and functions of their respective monitoring bodies. Topics discussed include periodic reporting procedures, investigative procedures and individual complaint procedures, with supporting case law analysed in great detail. This practical and indispensable reference resource: - Guides you through the structure of each of the core UN human rights treaties, explaining both the substance of the rights and the various procedures which may be drawn upon to implement those rights - Explains in detail how each of these procedures may be accessed, as well as critiquing their operation in practice - Covers a wide number of areas including civil and political rights generally, racial and gender-based discrimination and the prohibition against torture - Discusses proposals for reform of the UN human rights treaty monitoring system and the implications of these reforms The UN Human Rights Treaty System: Law and Procedure has been written for practitioners and students of human rights law in the UK, Ireland and abroad. Government bodies, non-governmental organisations, national human rights institutions and charities will also find this a great resource.

