Textbook on international human rights/

Main Author: Smith, Rhona K. M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, c2014
Edition:6th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Historical background
  • The United Nations
  • The International Bill of Human Rights
  • The United Nations : organizational structure
  • Regional protection of human rights
  • Europe
  • The Organization of American States
  • The African Union
  • Monitoring, implementing, and enforcing human rights
  • Substantive rights : general comments
  • Equality and non-discrimination
  • The right to life
  • Freedom from torture : cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment
  • The rights to liberty of person
  • Equality before the law : the right to a fair trial
  • The right to self-determination
  • Freedom of expression
  • The right to work
  • The right to education and human rights education
  • Minority rights
  • Rights for specific categories of persons
  • Looking to the future.