Brownlie's Documents on Human Rights, 6th Edition

Contains an unrivalled array of materials invaluable for a thorough study of human rights, providing students and practitioners with an indispensable resource for research
Provides a clear account of the most important human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations, UN agencies, and regional organizations
Fully revised to reflect the latest developments, taking account of new instruments, judicial interpretation, and academic commentary
New to this edition

Fully updated to provide a truly comprehensive reference resource, now including (amongst other new additions): the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006; the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006; the European Convention on Access to Officials Documents, 2009; the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons, 2009; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, 2007; the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights Terms of Reference, 2009
Accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, featuring annotated links to relevant sites and documents, tables of ratification by State and treaty, as well as additional United Nations and regional material and materials on human rights and the human genome
Brownlie's Documents on Human Rights provides an extensive collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, accompanied by authoritative commentary and bibliographic annotation. The result is a clear and accurate set of the most important human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations and its agencies, by regional organisations, and other actors in the field. This text contains the essentials for a thorough study of human rights, mapping well onto both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It provides the convenience of an indispensable 'one-stop' collection for research and reference, for practitioners and students alike, with guidance from the leading experts in the field.

Readership: Law undergraduates taking a human rights option as part of their degree, LLM students studying human rights, and practitioners working in the area of human rights law.