Guide to International Human Rights Practice

Hurst Hannum

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780812231670
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781512802047
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Human Rights
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This thoroughly revised edition of what has become the standard work in its field continues the original focus on the "nuts and bolts" of international human rights law and practice. Hurst Hannum and the contributors to this volume describe in detail regimes and procedures which have been developed during the past decade and evaluate the effectiveness of procedures which were only in their infancy in the early 1980s.The fifteen contributors, all specialists in their fields, offer a panoramic yet meticulously detailed survey of the many and varied techniques now available for the protection of human rights at global, regional, and national levels. A fully revised and updated set of appendixes, including a bibliographic essay which itself serves as a miniguide to the flourishing human rights literature, contains additional information useful to human rights lawyers, nongovernmental personnel, academics, and others interested in making the promotion and protection of human rights a reality.As democratization and other changes sweep through the world, the Guide seeks to ensure that human rights will have an important and influential place in whatever "new world order" the diplomats may devise.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Part I. Preliminary Considerations
• Chapter 1. An Overview of International Human Rights Law
• Chapter 2. Implementing Human Rights: An Overview of Strategies and Procedures
• Part II. International Procedures for Making Human Rights Complaints Within the UN System
• Chapter 3. Treaty-based Procedures for Making Human Rights Complaints Within the UN System
• Chapter 4. United Nations Non-Treaty Procedures for Dealing with Human Rights Violations
• Chapter 5. The Complaint Procedure of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• Chapter 6. Human Rights Complaint Procedures of the International Labour Organization
• Part III. Regional Systems for the Protection of Human Rights
• Chapter 7. The Inter-American Human Rights System
• Chapter 8. Europe: The Council of Europe, the CSCE, and the European Community
• Chapter 9. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
• Part IV. Other Techniques and Forums for Protecting Rights
• Chapter 10. International Reporting Procedures
• Chapter 11. Quasi-Legal Standards and Guidelines for Protecting Human Rights
• Chapter 12. The International and National Protection of Refugees
• Chapter 13. The Role of Domestic Courts in Enforcing International Human Rights Law
• Appendixes
• Appendix A: Bibliographic Essay
• Appendix Β: Checklist to Help Select the Most Appropriate Forum
• Appendix C: Model Communication
• Appendix D: Addresses of Intergovernmental Organizations
• Appendix E: Ratifications of Selected Human Rights Instruments
• Appendix F: Citations for Major International Human Rights Instruments
• Contributors
• Index