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Brownlie's Documents on Human Rights, 6th Edition

Brownlie's Documents on Human Rights, 6th Edition

Author: Ian Brownlie; Guy S. Goodwin-Gill
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199564040
Published In: June 2010
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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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.

1.: Standard-setting by the United Nations organisation

2.: Implementation and standard-setting in conventions sponsored by the United Nations

3.: Contribution of the International Labour Organization

4.: Contribution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

5.: Europe

6.: Americas

7.: Africa

8.: Arab states

9.: Asia

10.: The concept of equality;

Edited by the late Ian Brownlie, Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford (Emeritus), Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Former Member and Chairman of the International Law Commission, and Guy S Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, and Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London

Review(s) from previous edition

""Although there are a number of books containing the vast array of international and regional human rights treaties and instruments, this text has always been and remains the most comprehensive and coherent collection." Steve Foster, Coventry University, The Law Teacher, Volume 41 Number 1